Christ City Church, Washington DC

Content Warning: This week’s scripture and sermon discuss mature themes, including sexual content, assault, and violence. Bathsheba is often seen as a side character in the stories of the men around her. Pastor Andrea Ackermann invites us to center Bathsheba in her own story. [ 2 Samuel 11 and 12 , 1 Kings 2 ]

Pastor Lisa Watson preaches on  the story of Ruth the steadfast, a young Moabite widow who is unwavering in her love to her mother in law, Naomi. [ Ruth 1:1-19 ]

Content warning: Both the scripture and the sermon contain mature themes and language, and may not be suitable for young children. Pastor Justin Fung continues our series on the Women of Advent by examining the story of Rahab. [ Joshua 2:1-21 ] Links: The Bible Project, “Why Did God Command the Invasion of Canaan in the Book of Joshua?” Wil Gafney, “Remixed Gospel of Rahab: Who A...

Content Warning: This week’s scripture and sermon discuss mature themes, including sexual content, assault, and violence. Pastor Matthew Watson opens up our new sermon series on the Women of Advent by examining the story of Tamar. [ Matthew 1:1-3 ; Genesis 38:6-30 ]

Guest preacher Rev. Tonetta Landis-Aina looks at the intersections of identity and power in the story of Hagar and Sarai. She challenges us to examine our own identities and privileges in order to live into the vision of being a “multi” church. [ Genesis 16:1-14 ] Rev. Tonetta Landis-Aina is a native of North Carolina and moved to Washington DC in 2004. She holds a Masters of Divinity...

Guest preacher Mark Charles brings an eye-opening perspective on why the ministry of radical inclusivity is so hard, and yet still possible through the Holy Spirit. [ Acts 10 ] Mark Charles is a dynamic and thought-provoking public speaker, writer, and consultant. The son of an American woman (of Dutch heritage) and a Navajo man, he teaches with insight into the complexities of American history re...

In order to be a kingdom community, especially a multiracial, multicultural one, we must recognize our existing instincts and learn new ones. Pastor Justin Fung preaches on the image of shalom found in Isaiah 11.  [ Isaiah 11:6-9 ]

Life together is one thing when we talk about it; another thing as we live it out. Pastor Matthew Watson shares why as a church, we continue to learn, and listen, and act in solidarity with those in our community most affected by racist polices and practices that frustrate flourishing and attempt to stifle God’s shalom in our city. We don’t want to simply be hearers of the word –...

It is our task to be in beloved community as children of God, and Pastor Andrea Ackermann explains how we are to live this out in our context, in our community, and with these particular people.  Not in spite of our differences, but in a way that fully embodies them. [Ephesians 2:13-22, Galatians 3:27-28, 2 Corinthians 5:16-20]

  Pastor Justin Fung opens up our six-week series on Race, Faith, and the Kingdom of God, where we’ll move beyond just what we should know or what we should  feel – and toward what we should do . [ Genesis 1:27 , Revelation 7:9-12 ] — Love & Unity Project report: https://go.christcitydc.org/lupreports2021. Listen and Learn: Take an implicit bias test: https://go.christci...

Pastor Matthew Watson closes our series on “Who We Are” by answering the questions: What is a disciple? and How are disciples made? [ Deuteronomy 6:4-9 ; Matthew 28:18-20 ]

Pastor Lisa Rodriguez Watson preaches on why we love others and what that love looks like for us as individuals and as a church. [ Matthew 5:43-48 ; Matthew 22:34-40 ]

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 ]