Through the Compelling Preaching Initiative (CPI), we aim to strengthen urban churches by helping active and aspiring preachers engage their diverse audiences more effectively. As urban churches are strengthened, cities across our country will be transformed by the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. CPI will develop and run preaching cohorts across US cities for preachers through our African American, Latino, and Multi-Ethnic Initiatives.

Currently, our Multi-Ethnic Initiative is open for registration.

Multi-ethnic

MIAMI & NYC 2024

VISION: 

Equip preachers with training, resources, and coaching to better assist them in reaching the shifting spiritual, social, and cultural landscape of our world. 

PROGRAM OUTCOMES:

#1 Peer Learning

#2 Cultural Engagement

#3 DECREASE Sermon Guide Taught & Modeled

#4 Deeper Development of Gospel Centrality

#5 Learning  to Preach to the Heart of Non-Believers

PROGRAMS EXPECTATIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS:

  • Engagement with culturally and contextually relevant teaching

  • Training you can replicate with your teams

  • Deeper friendships with local pastors in your city

  • Coaching aimed at fine-tuning your preaching strengths and encouraging your unique voice

REGISTER HERE:

Important details

NYC Immersive Experience Oct 25th – 26th

Zoom Mtg (Session #1) – October 2nd (1-3pm)

Miami Immersive Experience Oct 18th

Location NYC: Coming Soon!

Session topics

session #1

Cultural Intelligence Training (Online only) - Yeathus Johnson

Yeathus has served as a church planter, pastor, and regional denominational leader, with 20 years of experience developing diverse leaders and churches in urban environments. Yeathus has been certified with Core Strengths/SDI for the past 10 years. 

session #2

Abe Cho is the Vice President for Thought Leadership at Redeemer City to City. Previously, he was a pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC for 14 years. The last six of those years he served as the Senior Pastor of Redeemer East Side on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. He lives with his wife and four children in Hell's Kitchen, NYC and serves on the pastoral staff at Redeemer East Harlem.

Cultural Apologetics

session #3

Kristian Hernández is the lead pastor of Hope Astoria in Queens, NY. He is the author of Beholding and Proclaiming and the founder of The Kerygma Group. He serves as the Senior Director of Partnerships at City to City NYC. He and his family love enjoying the beach whenever they can. Coffee is probably his best friend, and reading books make him pretty happy. If laughing and finding humor in things were a crime, he would be sent away for life without parole.

Beholding & Proclaiming - Kristian Hernández

session #4

Jennifer serves as Director of Missional Engagement and Training for City to City NYC. In this role, she trains, coaches and convenes leaders to activate their communities in speaking and living the good news. Prior to joining the CTC team, she oversaw a discipleship initiative for the Redeemer family of churches.

Preaching to Non-Believers - Jennifer Chan

SCHEDULE

ANY QUESTIONS?

Reach out the the Program Director, Carter Brown