Below you'll find a list of all posts from August, 2016
Liz Rios was born in Brooklyn and grew up in single parent home, where her uncle would pick her up and take her to his Baptist church in Manhattan. Eventually, her mom moved to one of the toughest neighborhoods and there Liz grew up and attended a new church that would change her life. It was also at that church that Liz met her husband, Hiram. Liz and Hiram, both born and raised in New York City, have been involved …
Gus Tidland grew up in the church and gave his life to Christ at a young age. For many years, he has felt the call to plant a church in Atlanta. This fall, on September 18th, 2016, that dream will come to fruition as Gus and his wife Karrie launch CityReach Church Atlanta Southwest! The Call As he studied church planting in college, Gus realized a calling to launch a church. He felt a burden to plant in Minneapolis, MN, …
Written by Brian Bolt In less than 6 weeks, over 20 CityReach Churches will be launching in different locations from Ashland, KY to Brossard, Quebec. As I was praying for these fall launches, I was reminded of the WHY… Why are we doing this? Why do we plant churches? 1. TO REACH THE ONE We have a bold passion to “reach the one.” The child who needs a role model. The father looking for guidance to lead his family. The …
A Miami native, Ray Holsemback grew up in a foster home and struggled with abuse, insecurity, and a lack of confidence. At 18, Ray aged out of foster care, but kept with him the feelings of insecurity and rejection. Ray did find acceptance with the people he began drinking and doing drugs with. “I started to walk in their footsteps. This led me to sink even deeper into my drug and alcohol addiction. I found myself at the age of …
