Below you'll find a list of all posts from July, 2016
Pastor Joe Friedland will launch CityReach Church Brossard in Montreal, Quebec. Since they moved into their community 13 years ago, Joseph and his wife Janet have sensed a growing burden for people. As they prayed for God’s leading, they discovered that over 10,000 people live in their area, but there are only two English speaking churches. Read more of their story HERE. Pastor Stephanie Borsato and her husband Mario will be launching CityReach Church Port Hawksbury in the Nova Scotia …
Andrew Grubb and his wife Michelle grew up in the church. Each of them attended bible college and served as youth pastors, but something was still missing. “We have experienced our fair share of hurt in church and had come to a point where we were content to just attend a church and live a normal life.” Then, they found CityReach Cumberland. “While we listened to Pastor Steve and Holly Grylls speak about the vision of CityReach and the Hope …
“Lord, I’ll do anything you want me to do, but please do not ask me to be a pastor or a missionary.” These were the words that Russ Cambria spoke to God several years ago on his way home from work one day. He wasn’t planning on changing careers, but those were the words that came out of his mouth. Russ was familiar with CITYREACH NETWORK, but wasn’t interested in pastoring a church. Over the course of a few years, …
After a long and thoughtful search for meaning, Joseph Friedland became a Christian at age 20. Before he met Christ, Joseph tried to figure out what was missing in his life and sought to fill that void with anything that might provide answers. “I was a pretty serious baseball player and I did well academically, but there was something missing deep inside,” Joseph said. He looked everywhere for answers, including turning to the occult. “But when I came to Christ, …
Pastor Jon Shaffer and his wife Christine launched the very first CityReach Church plant in Braddock, PA in 2009. In 2014, they launched their second church, CityReach Church Swissvale. After coming out of a life of drugs and crime, Jon desires to see people overcome what once tried to destroy him and help them reach their full potential in Christ. Jon also serves at CITYREACH NETWORK as the Chief Operations Officer and a regional pastor. Check out the video above …
Mark Novales grew up in East Chicago, Indiana. He was raised in a Spanish Pentecostal church in an area with a lot of gang activity. At 17 years old, Mark joined the army and shortly afterwards he had an encounter with God and gave his life to the Lord. Mark got married and moved to Philadelphia. With two kids, he and his wife had settled into a happy life. Many years later, he was impacted by a question posed by …
