Who We Are
GOd’s People doing God’s THINGS
Where we’ve been
CityView church was started in 2006 with a handful of members with the hope to establish a gospel beachhead in the fast-growing Alliance corridor of north Fort Worth. We started our church meeting in a Keller ISD elementary school. After 3 years, we were able to purchase our current building and property, which we now own free and clear. Over our history, we’ve also participated in the starting of 3 other churches and have financially contributed to the starting of many others. We’ve only had one lead and founding pastor with multiple elders teams along the way.
Nineteen years later, as we are entering a more established chapter of our church’s life, some things have not changed. We have always believed that our local area is in great need of the Gospel. It still is. In fact, this belief gets confirmed over and over by our interactions with a confused and splintering culture.
Therefore, CityView remains committed to awakening people to the Gospel – and sometimes that includes those that might know a lot about God, the Bible and church but have not been truly transformed by the message that Jesus saves sinners.
Some things HAVE changed. We have more respect for tradition and church history. We cling more closely to our shared confessions. We are plain and unapologetic in our conservative convictions. And since COVID, we have become more clear and convinced in the application of our public theology in matters of culture and state.
Where we are now
- The Gospel is the glue that holds us together and is therefore primary to both our unity and activity. (John 5:39, 1 Cor. 2:1-2, 15:1-4 &12-14, Eph. 4:1-6, Gal. 3:8)
- Our church community behaves like a family – we therefore cultivate the kind of traits that reflect God’s design for family (Eph. 2:19-22)
- We value sincerity in our interactions with one another and therefore work towards vulnerability in our closest friendships (1 Peter 1:22, James 3:17 & 5:16, Romans 12:9).
- We arrange our lives to exist as localized people – we make decisions that allow us to be engaged citizens of our community, seeking its good. Put another way, we seek to “tend the garden” we’ve been given. (Jer. 29:7, Acts 17:26-27, 1 Tim. 2:1-2)
- We strive for simplicity in what we do as a church. We fight against being too cute or clever in favor of clarity and focus. This means we will also fight against a crowded calendar that chokes out opportunities to be “everyday people” (“salt” and “light”) in our community. (Matt. 5:13-16, John 17:15, Phil 2:14-15, 2 Cor. 1:12)
what we aspire to be
We aspire to be the best Great Commission Church we can be. To this end, we envision the following:
- A Church that is COVENANTAL – we belong to, are bonded by and obligated to the New Covenant in Christ
- A Church that is DOXILOGICAL – we are a worshiping community, honoring the Lord’s Day to both offer praises to God as a witness to others
- A Church that is MONARCHICAL – we are led by and serve our King (Christ), believing He is truly Sovereign and has given us a Kingdom
- A Church that is MISSIONAL – we are missionaries (all of us) that are called to live alert/awake lives of intentionality and purpose
- A Church that is MISSIOLOGICAL – we exist to make more disciples of Jesus and see this as a multi-generational project
- A Church that is SOCIOLOGICAL – we have a vision for the world around us that extends from discipling individuals to whole nations that would “kiss the Son” (Ps 2:12)
- A Church that is EVANGELISTIC – we make new disciples by proclaiming the Gospel and calling for a response of faith and repentance
- A Church that is ECCLESIAL – we are a part of the eternal family of God’s people, led locally by elders and fed by God’s Truth, Fellowship, Sacraments and Prayer
- A Church that is ETHICAL – we have a vision for virtue that leads to righteousness, marked by sincere confession and repentance as a normative practice of our faith
- A Church that is THEOLOGICAL – we hold to teaching and believing sound doctrine and believe in the perpiscuity (plainness) of the Scriptures- while at the same time- recognizing there are primary, secondary and tertiary matters of belief
- A Church that is SPIRITUAL – we are inhabited by the Holy Spirit (both individuals and collectively) and therefore live as spiritual beings, depending on the presence and power of God in our lives and believing all that is visible and invisible matters
- A Church that is ESCHATOLOGICAL – we believe that Christ’s return is sure and that He will fully redeem us and the world into a new heavens and earth and that we are graciously invited to participate in this slow, progressive work right now
