Gospel City Church – Toronto

We want to be a church that prays more and prays more deeply so we can really connect with God, always being dependent on Him, and allowing the Spirit to shape and change our hearts to be more aligned with the heart of our Father in heaven.   But it’s hard for many of us, especially in today’s individualistic culture where we spend a lot of time just thinking about ourselves. We tend to focus prim...

Justification by faith was one of the key doctrines of the Protestant Reformation, which took place in the 16th century. It was a doctrine that these Protestant Reformers were willing to die for. Today's message is one of the most important doctrines for the Christian faith because it answers the question: How can imperfect sinners be accepted and approved by a perfectly holy God?

How do you know if God is pleased with you? How do you know if God accepts you and you’re in right standing with God? Do you look over your week and think that because you’ve been reading the Bible, praying, serving, and going to church, then you must surely be accepted by God? But what happens when you have a bad week. What happens if you lose your temper, neglect prayer, or fall into habitual si...

Rejoice in the Lord.  What are you rejoicing in? Where does your joy come from? On a scale of 1 to 10, how joyful are you?  Now Paul the Apostle says to rejoice. It is a command. It is not a suggestion or theory or a hypothetical. The Bible commands us to rejoice and expects us to rejoice. So are you joyful deep in your heart and your soul? You might be thinking it’s hard to be joyful when your jo...

Every believer is called to be a minister. God has gifted every Christian for the building up of the church. Ministry is not reserved for the select few but belongs to the whole body of Christ. We seek to equip every member to use their gifts, abilities, and opportunities to serve others and advance the mission of God.

Spiritual growth is grounded in meaningful church membership. We root our lives in covenant community, seeking to reflect the love of Christ by building one another up in faith. Meaningful church membership provides the context for spiritual growth through loving relationships, mutual encouragement, honest accountability, sacrificial care, and faithful service to one another.

We believe every person needs to hear the good news of Jesus Christ. Therefore, we desire to be a church that is outward-focused, prayerfully seeking opportunities to share the gospel through everyday relationships, intentional conversations, hospitality, outreach, and missions. We are sent as Christ’s ambassadors to reach the lost so that through faith in Christ, they may become part of God's...

Jesus calls every believer to make disciples. Therefore, we seek to help people know Christ, grow in Christ, and help others follow Christ. We desire to cultivate a culture where every member is actively growing in spiritual maturity and intentionally investing in the lives of others.

We gather to worship God with reverence, joy, and gratitude. In His presence, we find our deepest joy and highest satisfaction. Our aim is to exalt Christ, be led by the Spirit, and glorify God in all things.

We desire to be a praying church that depends on God, recognizing our need for the Lord in everything. We believe true fruitfulness does not ultimately come from our plans, programs, or abilities, but from God’s power working through His people as they seek Him in prayer.

We believe God speaks infallibly through His Word. Therefore, we are committed to preaching and teaching the Bible expositionally, helping people understand Scripture in its proper context and apply it to everyday life. Rather than building ministry around human opinions or cultural trends, we seek to submit ourselves to the authority of God's Word.

Why do we say gospel-centred instead of simply Christ-centered? Because you can’t simply separate Jesus Christ from his gospel. The Gospel is the good news of who Jesus Christ is and what he has accomplished through his perfect life, his substitutionary death, his burial, and his resurrection to save sinners like us. In other words, to treasure Christ is to treasure his gospel. To proclaim Christ...

Jesus once said, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”That’s true for individuals but it’s also true for churches. Churches become what they devote themselves to. The future of a church isn’t first determined by its programs, its budget or even its size. It is determined by the kind of people Christ is forming us to be. Starting this summer, at GCC, we will begin a new sermo...

Self-reliance is the air that we breathe and the spirit of Western Individualism. Sayings like “You are enough. Believe in yourself. Work hard. Make it happen.”The underlying message is, “You can accomplish anything you want if only you put your mind to it.”But that’s a flat out lie. God did not create us to be independent. He created us to be dependant upon Him. So have you been depending on God...

Israel had just experienced a great miracle in Joshua 4 where the Jordan River stopped flowing and the people crossed on dry ground. Then in Joshua 5, we read the hearts of the kings of Canaan melted with fear. Israel had momentum and if ever a time to strategize on what to do next and press forward, this was it.  But God does something unexpected – He tells them to stop. Why?  Because before God...

Every disciple, every one of us who calls Jesus Christ, Lord, the question we will face of being asked is, “Who is your King?”Who do you worship? Do you have a cross-shaped life? In our culture today, the world is telling us that there is no God on the throne in heaven. They demand that we follow the ways of the world, and not the way of Christ. They want us to deny our allegiance to our Lord and...

Have you experienced a time in your life when the memory of God’s faithfulness just slowly fades into the background. At one point, God answers your prayer and you remark that you’ll never forget this. Or God provided exactly what you needed, and you thought I’m going to be forever grateful. Or maybe God carried you through a difficult season, and you thought God is so good all the time. But life...

Notice all the emotional words used in Philippians 2:25-30: longing, distress, anguish, heaviness, sorrow, joy.  This full range of emotions when it comes to the relationships within the church family. Is this the way we feel about our church family? Do you long to see each other every week? Do you long to spend more time together? Are you in anguish when one of our church members is suffering? Do...

Some of you may be going through something that feels unsolvable, or a time of uncertainty where everything seems out of your control. If this is true of you, God has good news for you. In Joshua 3, we see a story that’s not just a story about Israel crossing a river. It’s a story about what it means to trust God when the way forward is not clear.

As God is building His kingdom, if He asked you to make a list of all the people He should use, who would you choose?  Rahab would most likely be not on that list, but yet in Joshua 2, we read how God uses her powerfully.  Her story is not ultimately about a woman with a checkered past. It’s about a sovereign, gracious God who delights using the most unlikely people to accomplish His great purpose...

How often do we still fail to see and to acknowledge God’s glory? Is it the busyness of life that keeps us from glorifying God as we should. Maybe we just don’t prioritize having a relationship with Him in our day-to-day life. Or for some of you, maybe it’s because you have yet to meet our Lord and Saviour.    But one thing for sure, it’s not because God hides himself from the world. As we’ll see...

What does it mean, what does it look like to be a faithful follower of Jesus Christ? Notice the titles that are mentioned in Philippians 2:25: Brother (sister), fellow worker, fellow soldier, messenger, and minister. As you look at these titles, you’ll see 5 portraits of what it means to be a faithful Christian.

History has a wonderful way of reminding everyone no one can stop the purposes of God. Kings rise and fall. Philosophers come and go. Culture shifts.  But as Scripture says, “The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.” (Psalm 33:11). And as John Wesley puts it, “God varies His workmen, but His work goes on.” That’s what we also see in the Book of Joshua. Mos...

What would it be like if every person in our church genuinely, deeply cared for the spiritual welfare of everyone in this congregation? What would it be like if everyone actively sought to bring in the lost into our congregation so they too would be cared for? It would be like a loving family that transcends blood, race, class, and preferences. Just like how Paul called Timothy his son although th...

Do you ever have moments in your life where you know you need to move forward, but you’re not sure how? Maybe it’s a decision you’ve been putting off, a job change, a habit you need to break, a step of obedience, or a conversation you’ve been avoiding.  You know you need to move forward, but you feel uncertain, maybe even afraid. You feel stuck.  That’s where the book of Joshua begins. The people...