Christ City Church, Washington DC

In a world that is so full — of events, of emotions, of voices — it is easy to forget our identity, our calling, our convictions. In this series, we are introduced and re-introduced to the vision and mission of Christ City Church — the calling of God on each of us individually and all of us together. Pastor Justin Fung kicks off the three-week series with the most important remin...

Pastor Andrea Ackermann looks at Jeremiah 29 and reminds us that our hope is founded on God’s ever-present work, even in seasons and places we don’t want to be in. [ Jeremiah 29:4-10 ]

Pastor Justin Fung provides a reflection on Psalm 23 . “ The promise of Psalm 23 is that God is with us every stumbling step of the journey, even if we do not know where we are going. And even as we wait for, long for, yearn for the quiet waters and lush meadows, for a banquet and bottomless beverages, for our souls and our society to be whole and at peace, may we learn to see the glimpses o...

It’s Labor Day weekend, and Pastor Matthew Watson begins a three-part conversation about how we live in the “now and not yet” space. How do we dance between the rhythms of work and rest? [ Matthew 11:25-30 ]

Nikki Wiggins, Christ City Church’s Minister of Youth, Families, and Community Engagement, reminds us that the Spirit is always at work. Pay attention to the gifts that God has given you and how the Spirit is at work in you and through you.

This week we hear from Father Ben Beltran, a Catholic priest who served for four decades in Manila on the Smokey Mountain garbage dump, the 3rd largest garbage dump in the world and home to 25,000 people, most of whom lived by scavenging through what others threw away. Father Ben shares from his decades of ministry on Smokey Mountain and where he has seen the Spirit at work in the midst of a garba...

Guest preacher Oneya Okuwobi walks us through four shifts in our thinking that will help us restore our hope for a better world. Oneya Okuwobi  is a pastor, author, consultant, and sociologist whose research interrogates how diverse organizations impact racial inequality. She serves as teaching pastor at  21st Century Church , a church plant in Cincinnati, OH. She is also co-author of  Multiethnic...

Pastor Matthew Watson preaches during our first all-church in-person gathering in 17 months. [ Nehemiah 8:1-10 ]

This week we hear from the premier Latin American theologian Ruth Padilla-DeBorst. Ruth is a Costa Rican-based theologian, missiologist, educator and storyteller. She has been involved in leadership development and theological education in her native Latin America for decades where she serves with a number of global organizations focusing on global mission and ministry primarily in the majority wo...

This week begins an exciting new sermon series entitled: Church Now / Church Next. Throughout this series we are asking the questions, “Where is the Spirit at work now, and where might the Spirit be inviting us into the future?” We will be hearing from voices within our church, our city, and globally as they share powerful and prophetic stories of God’s work in our world and the invitation to join...

This is the second week of our favorite annual series, My Most Important Question in which members of our community share their most important question regarding faith.

This week, we start one of our favorite annual series, My Most Important Question, in which members of our community share their most important question regarding faith.

Pastor Justin Fung finishes our series on Galatians by reminding us that true freedom is found in Jesus, true freedom is liberty and liberation, and true freedom is all about grace. [ Galatians 6:14-18 ]

Pastor Matthew Watson preaches about the importance of carrying our own loads and bearing each others’ burdens. [ Galatians 6:1-10 ]

Pastor Matthew Watson preaches on what it means to walk in the Spirit. [ Galatians 5:16-26 ]

Pastor Andrea Ackermann preaches on Galatians 5, and how we are to use our freedom for others. [ Galatians 5:13-15 ]

Instead of skipping over a difficult-to-grapple-with passage, Pastor Justin Fung helps us understand what Paul was saying to his readers in Galatians 4. [ Galatians 4:8-5:1 ]

Pastor Matthew Watson preaches on how Paul eroded categories of division and the hierarchies of the day when he wrote that all could become children of God through faith. [ Galatians 3:26-29 ]

Pastor Matthew Watson unpacks Galatians chapter 3, and how Paul wants us to experience the full freedom that Jesus offers. Nothing beyond faith in Christ is required for life in Christ.  [ Galatians 3:1-14 ]

Pastor Justin Fung preaches on how Paul handled differences in the early church, and that both compromise and conviction are needed in order for everyone to experience the freedom of the gospel. [ Galatians 2:1-21 ]

Pastor Andrea Ackermann introduces our new series by providing context and asking what counterfeit gospels we may fall prey to, just as the Galatians did. “How do we know the gospel we proclaim is true? By its transformative power.” [ Galatians 1:3-10 ]

Pastor Matthew Watson closes out our series on the Lord’s Prayer by reminding us that evil is within us and around us, but we do not need to be afraid, because God is victorious. [ Matthew 6:5-13 ]

Pastor Lisa Rodriguez Watson unpacks what it means for us to pray “Do not bring us into times of trial.” [ Matthew 3:16-17 , 4:1 ; James 1:2-4 , 13-18 ]

Guest preacher Teesha Hadra preaches on the Parable of the Prodigal Son and how God’s forgiveness is the foundation and the model for becoming forgiveness people. [ Luke 15:11-24 ]   Teesha Hadra earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida. She practiced law for nearly seven years before leaving to begin full time ministry in 2013 at Buckhead Church, a campus of North Point Community...

In a year with so much news, Pastor Justin Fung preaches about the good news of the resurrection, and the hope we have in Jesus. [ John 20:1-18 ]