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RISE UPDATE
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The gospel movement in New York IS GAINING MOMENTUM.
GOD HAS LONG BEEN AT WORK IN NEW YORK CITY.
Through the recent growth of the body of Christ in historically secular center-city and the continued impact of the immigrant gospel-believers who began to fill the outer boroughs in the 1970’s, we are now experiencing a gospel movement marked by extraordinary unity. Expressions of the Church that were previously isolated within boroughs or siloed within denominations are now beginning to come together. New and longstanding communities are learning from each other and working together to multiply expressions of mercy and justice. This groundswell of gospel renewal is gaining momentum in ways that could have tremendous influence on the character and life of the city.
TWO YEA RS AGO …
We asked you to “rise where you are” and say “I’m in” to this vision of multiplying the number of Christians in center-city New York. You responded by both committing financially and reimagining how to integrate the gospel with your life in the city. As we celebrate the two-year anniversary of Rise, let us give thanks to God for his faithfulness and provision. He has guided us through the transition from one church to a growing family of three churches, the launch of Lincoln Square, and the re-energizing of how we foster deep, consistent spiritual formation.
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Since the start of Rise in 2016, your generosity has helped leaders launch 27 new churches through Redeemer City to City and one Redeemer Presbyterian Church daughter site. Over 15 more churches are in preparation to be launched in the next two years.
+ 27 NEW CHURCHES LAUNCHED BY CTC-TRAINED LEADERS + 1 REDEEMER DAUGHTER SITE STARTED + 15 CHURCHES PREPARING TO LAUNCH BY END OF 2019
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NEW CHURCHES
SPOTLIGHT: ZION NYC BAY RIDGE, BROOKLYN LAUNCHED: JANUARY 1, 2017 I remember when Zion NYC was only seven people
THE AGE OF OUR CONGREGANTS RANGE
meeting at my house to plan, and that included my
FROM 85 YEARS TO TWO MONTHS, 95%
wife and me. We were all New York natives looking
OF OUR CHURCH ARE NATIVE NEW
to impact the place we grew up. In October 2016,
YORKERS OR IMMIGRANTS, AND 80% OF
a little under 50 people showed up for our first
OUR CONGREGATION LIVE WITHIN A FIVE-
preview worship service. We didn’t know what to
MINUTE CAR RIDE OR TWENTY-MINUTE
expect, but we walked away in awe. Fifteen months later, we have as many as 150 people showing up on Sunday. That same sense of awe has not left.
WALK FROM WHERE WE MEET. Over the last six months, we welcomed our first 42 members. Our leadership team is now 17
Today we are multigenerational, multicultural, and
people and over 50 people serve on a regular
community-centered.
basis throughout the week. We have more than 30 people reading scripture daily in groups of three, and we expect to baptize over a dozen new converts in our first baptism service. Our values of community, discipleship, and creativity guide our decision making, methods, and culture. Our mission of spreading the gospel pushes us to be intentional in all our walks of life. It’s been fifteen months since we started—it’s hard to believe it’s been that long, but also that short. We continually praise God for his goodness in choosing us for this special work in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.” — J U S T I N M AT T E R A Pastor, Zion NYC, Incubator Alum
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NEW LEADERS
NEW YORK NEEDS ALL KINDS New York needs all kinds of OF LEADERS AND CHURCHES— VARIED EXPRESSION, leadersIN and churches—varied in UNIFIED IN THE GOSPEL. expression, unified in the gospel. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MOVING LEADERS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVING LEADERSAND ANDACROSS CHURCHES FROMISEVERY BOROUGH CHURCHES FROM TO EVERY DENOMINATIONS LIVEBOROUGH OUT THE GOSPEL IN THE CITY.
M A N H AT TA N
JORDA N RICE Pastor, Renaissance Church Incubator alum & trainer, Fellows alum “The majority of people that come to Renaissance are coming to church for
M A N H AT TA N
the first time in a long time or, in some cases, ever. People are responding to the gospel and we’re seeing Jesus do what only Jesus can do: multiply and bless.”
REBECCA WELLS Congregant, Redeemer Lincoln Square “As a native New Yorker, I have seen a great need for churches that love
M A N H AT TA N
Jesus and love people. What I love about Redeemer Lincoln Square is that it’s a place. It is a church that values questions and the people who ask them, and that gives me hope for this city.”
ASHLEY KERR Masters Candidate in Biblical Studies “Learning and receiving seminary training directly in the city, I get to see the whole spectrum of need for the gospel. It’s renewed my love for the city; I’m willing to stay and serve as long as God wants me to.”
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NEW LEADERS
QUEENS
BRONX
EZR A SOHN Pastor, Disciples NYC Incubator alum
ERIC HOKE Pastor, All Saints Church Incubator and Fellows alum
“Through my training with CTC,
“We serve a multiethnic and multicultural
I’ve learned from practitioners who
congregation and while our church family
understand the specific spiritual and
has little in common by way of language,
cultural climate of our city so that we
culture or background, we are bonded by the
can be more effective in reaching the
power of the gospel. I would never be able to
de-churched.”
plant a church in a place as complex as New York City if it weren’t for the training that I received from CTC.”
QUEENS
M A N H AT TA N
HILA RY MERLO Fellow, Gotham Fellows Program “Gotham has created a community of people around me who are committed to one another and share a common desire to see God work in and through us in our professional callings. It’s given me a framework to expand my
STELLA YOON Lay leader, King’s Cross Church Apprentice Program alum “Seeing different denominations come together to define what the gospel, the city, and our calling means is truly empowering, inspiring, and encouraging.”
understanding of how important the work we do on this earth is and how much God cares about it.”
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NEW LEADERS
Through Redeemer’s Formation initiative, congregants are being spiritually formed for the good of the city.
CLASSES: EQUIPPING YOU FOR YOUR CALLINGS
200+
congregants benefited from a new enhancement to the Intro to Redeemer class — “Practices for Christian Formation.”
FORMATION CONFERENCE SERIES
800+
people attended and 300+ people live streamed the Gospel Identity Conference in November.
1,000+
people attended and 1100+ people live streamed the Public Faith Conference
DAILY DEVOTIONAL
in February.
2,600
700+
devotional email. This e-devotional helps build a daily practice
people live streamed the
of prayer and Scripture reading. The devotional includes Old
Faith & Work Conference
and New Testament passages and guided prayers.
in April."
people are subscribed to receive the Formation daily
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people attended and 250+
NEW HOMES NEW BUILDINGS
REDEEMER EAST SIDE Pray for a permanent home for Redeemer East Side which will solidify an anchor church in the center-city, foster belonging, renew the neighborhood, and be a public utility for all to share.
Pray that God would provide: the right property in this lengthy search, a seller who would be kind to us, and a price slightly below or at market price.
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OVERVIEW OF FUNDS SPENT 2016-2017 The below chart represents our $80M projected budget, targeted goals and what’s been accomplished so far with money spent through 2018.
3 New Redeemer Presbyterian Sites
1 NEW CHURCHES
PROJECTED
SPENT
$5.5M
$1.0M
$3.0M
$920K
$2.0M
$890K
$2.4M
$158K*
$1.6M
$500K
Redeemer Lincoln Square successfully launched as part of Redeemer West Side on Easter 2017, and by fall 2017 had an average weekly attendance of 571 (plus 82 children). Explorations are underway for Redeemer East Side and Downtown to launch daughter sites in the next 2 years.
14–18 Center-City Congregations 11 new center-city churches started with the partnership and training of CTC. Neighborhoods: Midtown Manhattan, Lower East Side, Harlem, Morningside Heights, West Village, East Village, Upper East Side, Stuyvesant Town, Astoria, Long Island City, Boreum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, and Jersey City.
17 to 25 Non-Center-City Congregations 8 new non-center-city churches started with the partnership and training of CTC. Neighborhoods: Bayside (Qn), Bayridge (Bk), Downtown Newark (NJ), New Brunswick (NJ), and Hempstead (LI).
24 to 41 Bi-Vocational Congregations Incubator Borough Collective, a new program for bi-vocational planters in Brooklyn and the Bronx, started in 2016. Additionally, a total of 4 churches started in 2016 and 2017 in the following neighborhoods: Kingsbridge and Marble Hill (Bx), Port Morris (Bx), Little Neck (Qn), and Kew Gardens (Qn).
RPC Transition Cost In May 2016, Redeemer Presbyterian Church particularized from 1 mega-church to 3 anchor churches under 1 legal structure. Redeemer West Side, Redeemer East Side, and Redeemer Downtown, relate to each other now as a family of churches and ministries.
TOTALS
70–104 Seminary Scholarships
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$3.5M
$983K
$0.9M
$226K
$3.7M
$0.0K
154 young lay leaders from 30+ different churches across the city convene together monthly and regularly with a mentor to explore a call to full-time vocational ministry.
20 to 32 Ministry Internships These part-time internships for seminary students, to gain practical skills and exposure at Redeemer and other churches, are projected to launch in fall 2018.
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$3.5M
37 scholarships were awarded to seminary students as a way to recruit students and help alleviate some of the financial burden.
320 Young Leaders in Apprentice Program
NEW LEADERS
$14.5M
PROJECTED
50 Students in City Ministry Year
SPENT
$1.1M
$223K
$1.5M
$160K
$1.2M
$131K
$1.0M
$55K
$1.6M
$934K
$5.4M
$768K
In the fall of 2017, an inaugural class of 14 students began a year-long intensive capstone program that contextualizes instruction for life and ministry in NYC.
450 Participants in other Training Programs 252 leaders participated in 2 training programs: City Lab (church leaders from existing churches in various roles) and Fellows (church planters looking to launch in the next 2 years).
Public Faith and Evangelism Training 200 pastors and church leaders attended a total of 3 special trainings in partnership with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries.
Seminary Lecture Series 58 students attended 2 guest lecture series featuring Jamie Smith and James Hunter. Another 100 came to learn more about City to City’s new seminary program with Reformed Theological Seminary.
12 Residents in RPC Residency Program 5 Redeemer Pastoral Residents began in the fall of 2016 and will complete their 2-year residency in the spring of 2018.
Lay Leadership Training and Gotham Fellows Expansion In September 2017, Redeemer Presbyterian Churches launched a new initiative to equip congregants in their spiritual formation. “Formation” was weaved into many teaching and ministry offerings, including an 800-person conference on Gospel Identity. Additionally, Gotham Fellows expanded by 17 people in 2017.
TOTALS
3 NEW BUILDINGS
Redeemer Presbyterian East Side Building
$19.9M
$3.5M
$45M
$265K
Wells Hill Partners has been retained to do a study and search for the East Side building which includes a project budget, test fit building plans, zoning studies, and an architectural program for the building.
TOTALS $45M
$265K
ADDITIONAL COSTS* New York Project Fundraising Costs (2014-2017)
$1.3M
*The $80M projected budget does not include fundraising costs or overall project coordination and implementation. From 2014-2017, Redeemer Presbyterian Church’s Rise Campaign cost totaled $2.0M and the New York Project’s external campaign cost totaled $1.3M.
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THANK YOU
ALL GIVING SOURCES CAMPAIGN GIVING
We are grateful for two years of financial faithfulness. We are already
As of March 31, 2018
two-thirds of the way through the three-year pledge period
$80.0M
TOTAL GOAL
$70.8M
TOTAL PLEDGED*
$39.9M
TOTAL RECEIVED**
(May 2016-May 2019).
THE NEW YORK PROJECT God continues to bless and affirm this effort. In addition to the $32.5M committed by Redeemer congregants during the Rise Campaign, a community of donors outside of Redeemer have come together with the intention to give an additional $38.3M to this vision. Thank you for your continued prayers as we hope to raise the remaining funds towards our goal of $80M from this external community.
MAXIMIZE YOUR GIFT Help us maximize your gift by writing an electronic check instead of using a credit card. This provides a savings because a transaction or processing
* To date we have received $19.2M from donors outside of our local church community. **We have received $20.7M from our Redeemer community out of the $32.5M.
fee may be applied if you are using a credit card to make your gift to Rise. In fact, in 2016 and 2017 we paid over $100,000 in credit card fees.
REDEEMER COMMUNITY PLEDGE PROGRESS Gifts
Pledges $32.2M
$32.2M
$19.0M
$20.7M
$15.1M $11.9M
$13.8M
NEED TO RECEIVE $11.5M BY MAY 2019
$9.4M
$1.8M
MAY 2016
$3.1M
MAY 2017
MAY 2018
Next Rise Update will be available in October 2018. For more information, please visit rise.redeemer.com or email rise@redeemer.com Redeemer Presbyterian Church • 1166 Avenue of the Americas, 16th Floor • New York, NY 10036
MAY 2019