Cityview Presbyterian Church is a congregation within the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and is located within the bounds of the Chicago Metro Presbytery.
Our Mission:
We are imperfect people that gather together in response to the grace of Jesus Christ who are committed to worshiping God, loving each other well and serving the West Loop, the city of Chicago and the world.
We seek to carry out our mission in light of the following core values:
The Gospel
The Gospel is the “good news” about what God has done and is doing through Jesus Christ. It is God’s explosive power that changes everything (Rom 1:16). The gospel is also an invitation to believe this announcement. When we believe and rely on Jesus’ death and resurrection for our relationship to God, the kingdom of power comes upon us and begins to work in and through us in every aspect of life. The gospel is not only how to begin a relationship with God but also how we grow as Christians. We preach the gospel to Christians and non-Christians alike.
Worship
Worship is the foundation of the Christian life. It is the primary purpose of a Christian, so it is the primary purpose of Cityview. Worship is not a goal to be attained; it is a life-long process we enter into. We as a church are constantly learning how to better worship God in the fullness of our lives. When we gather together on Sundays we believe our worship can build up believers and help the spiritually skeptical, curious, & unconvinced. We all need the same thing: to pour our hearts out before God as we confess our sin, fear, joy, anger, hope and need. We all need to hear the wonder of the grace of Christ. We all need to be renewed in His presence, by his Spirit. That is why Worship is the foundation of what we do at Cityview.
Relationships
The Christian life is not to be lived in a vacuum. We are built for relationships. If God has called you into relationship with Him through Christ, he has also called you to join in Christian community. At Cityview, we take this call to community very seriously. We want all of our members and regular attenders to be intentional about building trusting and meaningful spiritual relationships. That is the primary purpose behind our Community Groups. These groups enable us to live in genuine community with one another and the neighborhoods we reside in.
Service
In his promise to Abraham, God said, "I will be your God and you will be my people." That promise was brought to fullness in the death and resurrection of Jesus. But, God didn't call us to be his people just so we can worship him and enjoy each other. Rather, he calls us to be his people, "in order to be a blessing to the `nations." In other words, we are called to be conduits of the beauty and grace of Jesus to our world. Every Christian is called to this and it is essential for the process of growing into a mature follower of Christ. Every person at Cityview is encouraged to be actively engaged in bringing healing, hope, beauty and renewal to our city in the name of our risen Savior. In so doing, we live out the love of Christ to others in our Church, our City and our World.
The City
We believe God loves the City. Cities are central to Jesus’ mission, and the mission of the early church, and to ours (Luke 4:43).The city is not a place to be avoided nor merely tolerated but a strategic mission field where God’s people should be present and ministering. We encourage Christians to learn from the city, to accept and love its people, to invest their resources back into the city, and to seek to serve the physical and spiritual needs of the city.
Kingdom
The Church is to serve as a foretaste and model of God’s coming kingdom, the renewal of all things. The values of Jesus’ kingdom often subvert our own, and those of our culture—extending beyond any single race, ethnicity, tradition or ideology. We aim to be a community that is defined by its loyalty to Jesus and is committed to seeing the city of Chicago become more like the Kingdom of God.
