LINKS
Other Churches We Look To As Models:
Mars Hill - Seattle
Redeemer Presbyterian - New York City
All Saints - Austin
The Village - Dallas
Church of the King - Santa Cruz
Churches/Ministries We Work With in the City:
Southside Community Church (Presbyterian Church America)
TAMUCC University Fellowship (RUF)
Amistad Community Health Center
Mission 911
Annapolis Christian Academy
ARTICLES
Heaven is not our home
A New Kind of Urban Christian
Christ and the City
Rich Man, Bore Man
A Biblical Theology of the City
Singleness and Christianity
Contemporary Art and The Incarnation
Walking as Activism
The Problem of our Perpetual Youth
BOOKS
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
If there was one book that could summarize the theology and philosophy that guides City Church-Corpus Christi, it is the classic Mere Christianity. Lewis uses this title to describe the Christian common-ground. He aims at avoiding “Christian sub-culture” controversies to explain those things that have defined Christianity in nearly all places and all times. Lewis restates the fundamental teachings of the Christian religion, for the sake of those basically educated as well as the intellectuals of his generation, for whom the jargon of formal Christian theology did not retain its intended meaning.
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die!” The words of Bonhoeffer are as relevant today as they were when he wrote them in the first half of the 20th Century. Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor/theologian and martyr at the hands of Nazi Germany is one of the most influential Christians in the history of the Church. Of all his writings, The Cost of Discipleship continues to transform believers and skeptics alike. A classic!
Ministries of Mercy: The Call of The Jericho Road by Dr. Tim Keller
Tim Keller’s primer on serving the city is spelled out in this excellent read. Ministries of Mercy is the book that changed the way City Church does ministry. Keller explains not only the “why” Christians should be concerned with serving the poor but also the “how” each of us individually can work towards that goal.
Radical Reformission: Reaching Out without Selling Out by Mark Driscoll
Living “missionally” is something that is often talked about around City Church-Corpus Christi. Driscoll’s Radical Reformission explains what that means and what that looks like. If you aren’t interested in being stretched either theologically or evangelistically, you may not want to read this. Definitely not for the faint of heart.
Blue Like Jazz: Non-Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
This semi-autobiographical work, subtitled "Non-Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality," is a collection of essays and personal reflections chronicling the author's growing understanding of the nature of God and Jesus, and the need and responsibility for an authentic personal response to that understanding. Much of the work centers on Miller's experiences with friends and fellow students while attending Reed College, a liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. The book's popularity is due to its personable style and content which most appeals to twentysomething and thirtysomething, post-modern Christians.
The Writings of Francis Schaeffer
Its hard to decide what to recommend from Francis Schaeffer’s work. All of his writings are excellent and invaluable to the church. In this particular compilation you get three of his best: The God Who Is There, Escape from Reason, and He is There and He is Not Silent. Few Christians have had a greater impact on the church and the culture during the last half of the twentieth century than Dr. Francis Schaeffer. A man with a remarkable breadth of cultural interest, with penetrating insight into modern life, and with a clear sense of spiritual reality, Schaeffer was also a man who cared and felt deeply about people and their search for truth and reality in their lives.
Hope Has Its Reasons by Rebecca Pippert
Hope is Pippert’s masterpiece that explores the crux between faith and unbelief where hopes and doubts mingle. Pippert cites such diverse thinkers as Albert Camus and C.S. Lewis, drawing from her own life, asking questions we all face--questions about significance, meaning, love, life and truth, the search for encouragement and security. There are no canned formulas or saccharine clichés that are so prominent in most Christian non-fiction. Instead, she squarely engages your uncertainty, disappointment, longing for fulfillment, and the reality of pain and suffering. This is a must read for any skeptic.
Simply Christian by N.T. Wright
Simply Christian is to the 21st Century what Mere Christianity was to the 20th Century. N.T. Wright’s central metaphor is that of “echoes.” In our longing for justice, our hunger for spirituality and relationship, and our delight in beauty, we are hearing “echoes of a voice” – and it is in the story of Jesus that we “recognize the voice whose echoes we have heard.”
Southside Community Church (Presbyterian Church America)
TAMUCC University Fellowship (RUF)
Amistad Community Health Center
Mission 911
Annapolis Christian Academy
ARTICLES
Heaven is not our home
A New Kind of Urban Christian
Christ and the City
Rich Man, Bore Man
A Biblical Theology of the City
Singleness and Christianity
Contemporary Art and The Incarnation
Walking as Activism
The Problem of our Perpetual Youth
BOOKS
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
If there was one book that could summarize the theology and philosophy that guides City Church-Corpus Christi, it is the classic Mere Christianity. Lewis uses this title to describe the Christian common-ground. He aims at avoiding “Christian sub-culture” controversies to explain those things that have defined Christianity in nearly all places and all times. Lewis restates the fundamental teachings of the Christian religion, for the sake of those basically educated as well as the intellectuals of his generation, for whom the jargon of formal Christian theology did not retain its intended meaning.
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die!” The words of Bonhoeffer are as relevant today as they were when he wrote them in the first half of the 20th Century. Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor/theologian and martyr at the hands of Nazi Germany is one of the most influential Christians in the history of the Church. Of all his writings, The Cost of Discipleship continues to transform believers and skeptics alike. A classic!
Ministries of Mercy: The Call of The Jericho Road by Dr. Tim Keller
Tim Keller’s primer on serving the city is spelled out in this excellent read. Ministries of Mercy is the book that changed the way City Church does ministry. Keller explains not only the “why” Christians should be concerned with serving the poor but also the “how” each of us individually can work towards that goal.
Radical Reformission: Reaching Out without Selling Out by Mark Driscoll
Living “missionally” is something that is often talked about around City Church-Corpus Christi. Driscoll’s Radical Reformission explains what that means and what that looks like. If you aren’t interested in being stretched either theologically or evangelistically, you may not want to read this. Definitely not for the faint of heart.
Blue Like Jazz: Non-Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
This semi-autobiographical work, subtitled "Non-Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality," is a collection of essays and personal reflections chronicling the author's growing understanding of the nature of God and Jesus, and the need and responsibility for an authentic personal response to that understanding. Much of the work centers on Miller's experiences with friends and fellow students while attending Reed College, a liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. The book's popularity is due to its personable style and content which most appeals to twentysomething and thirtysomething, post-modern Christians.
The Writings of Francis Schaeffer
Its hard to decide what to recommend from Francis Schaeffer’s work. All of his writings are excellent and invaluable to the church. In this particular compilation you get three of his best: The God Who Is There, Escape from Reason, and He is There and He is Not Silent. Few Christians have had a greater impact on the church and the culture during the last half of the twentieth century than Dr. Francis Schaeffer. A man with a remarkable breadth of cultural interest, with penetrating insight into modern life, and with a clear sense of spiritual reality, Schaeffer was also a man who cared and felt deeply about people and their search for truth and reality in their lives.
Hope Has Its Reasons by Rebecca Pippert
Hope is Pippert’s masterpiece that explores the crux between faith and unbelief where hopes and doubts mingle. Pippert cites such diverse thinkers as Albert Camus and C.S. Lewis, drawing from her own life, asking questions we all face--questions about significance, meaning, love, life and truth, the search for encouragement and security. There are no canned formulas or saccharine clichés that are so prominent in most Christian non-fiction. Instead, she squarely engages your uncertainty, disappointment, longing for fulfillment, and the reality of pain and suffering. This is a must read for any skeptic.
Simply Christian by N.T. Wright
Simply Christian is to the 21st Century what Mere Christianity was to the 20th Century. N.T. Wright’s central metaphor is that of “echoes.” In our longing for justice, our hunger for spirituality and relationship, and our delight in beauty, we are hearing “echoes of a voice” – and it is in the story of Jesus that we “recognize the voice whose echoes we have heard.”
