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What an amazing weekend we had all across the US and in Canada! Great teams were put on the field and God did amazing things. The exciting part is that each one of those numbers represent real people. Reach the one: that’s what we’re all about at CityReach. At the very heart of each CityReach Church is a call and passion to reach people who find themselves far from God. Here are just a few pictures from Launch Day: CityReach …
Delroy Robinson grew up in the church and at the age of thirteen, he devoted his life to Christ. Early on, Delroy became active in the church and grew in a solid foundation of faith and Biblical teaching. Though he was sheltered from “worldly” ways and did not experience many of the things his peers were involved in, Delroy faced other challenges that come with being saved at an early age. During high school, Delroy learned to defend his Christian …
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 …
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, …
