In 1989, when Redeemer began, less than 1% of center-city New Yorkers attended a gospel-teaching church, compared to 25% of Americans nationwide. By 2009, that number had risen to 3%. Today, 5% of center-city New Yorkers attend a gospel-teaching church. After a century of decline during which New York had become the least religious city in the U.S., we feel we’re at a historic inflection point of a gospel movement in this city.
Rise is a campaign to accelerate that movement toward a tipping point.
Our vision is to see the body of Christ in center-city New York triple to 15%—which we believe might amount to a tipping point that does more than change individual lives, but enhances the long-term life of our city for everyone in it.
In 1989, when Redeemer began, less than 1% of center-city New Yorkers attended a gospel-teaching church, compared to 25% of Americans nationwide. By 2009, that number had risen to 3%. Today, 5% of center-city New Yorkers attend a gospel-teaching church. After a century of decline during which New York had become the least religious city in the U.S., we feel we’re at a historic inflection point of a gospel movement in this city.
Rise is a campaign to accelerate that movement toward a tipping point.
Our vision is to see the body of Christ in center-city New York triple to 15%—which we believe might amount to a tipping point that does more than change individual lives, but enhances the long-term life of our city for everyone in it.
The vision is an entire city renewed by the gospel.
If a critical mass of New Yorkers express gospel values—mercy, friendship, justice, hope—in our work, lives, and neighborhoods, we believe it will help the city flourish for everyone in it. We can’t reach a tipping point by building a bigger Redeemer. We need a people-driven movement of New Yorkers in every neighborhood rising to embody the gospel in how we live, work, and serve.
THIS WILL TAKE MORE THAN A CHURCH—
IT WILL TAKE A MOVEMENT.
This vision needs all of us. This ministry year, we are calling on everyone at Redeemer to rise where they are as part of a gospel movement for the good of the city.