City Community Church, Exeter - Reaching
Reaching Out to others… in Exeter and beyond
It's true: the church is the only organisation that exists for the benefit of those who aren't its members. At home and abroad we seek to share the Good News of Jesus Christ, and work with others in the city and beyond whenever possible.
Mother and Toddler groups, Christmas outreaches in the shopping centre, special Sunday morning presentations, are some of the ways we have used to tell people about Jesus. We support other initiatives in the city, e.g. ICE work in schools; Infinity - the work among the city's teenagers; University and College ventures; YMCA; Divorce Recovery; Courses for step-parents; Prison Visiting and Chinakidz, a work in China - click here to download the Chinakidz newsletter.
How we reach out to people
The Alpha course has been one of the most successful means of reaching people, not only in this nation, but in many others.
Along with over 130 Devon Churches, we were fully involved in the ten week Just 10 Devon Mission with J John. Many from CCC were involved in making the mission happen. Our heart is very much to serve others whenever we can!
We want to empower one another to be effective witnesses and see the various small groups as being ideal opportunities to encourage one another in our workplaces, neighbourhood and homes. We are a kingdom people with a kingdom message.
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As a church, God has put the nations on our heart, therefore we want to support those from CCC who are reaching out across the world sharing God's love and his good news. Through prayer, giving and going, we want to strengthen ties with existing friends living on four continents and encourage the church in those countries. At CCC, we recognise the need to learn from what God is teaching believers in other parts of the world. We look forward to the day when we might better serve the wider Body of Christ by providing locally a place for training and equipping friends from overseas alongside believers here. A number of individuals are currently serving the Lord from CCC around the world. We currently have families working in Thailand, South Africa and China. Some people from CCC make short term mission trips into India, France and Romania.
When God planned the Church, He had in mind a community of world changers. In CCC there are five core beliefs that we have about ministry. They include:
God has put a desire within us all to make a difference that will go beyond out time here - a Kingdom difference. God has not created us to be a passive Church just waiting for His return, but a people where change happens in our world because we are here. We matter.
There is a rather odd idea that some of us have that God lives in a meeting that happens for one and a half hours on a Sunday. That is not what Jesus had in mind for His Church. He wants His people to have influence with others in the office, factory, college, school, the neighbourhood - wherever we live life.
God delights in using everyone - even those who feel second rate to fulfil his purposes. In CCC we feel that there are some important lessons from the Acts 2 Church. Pentecost ushered in a radical departure from what 'had been'. No longer was the empowering for ministry (including leadership) reserved for a few special people, but upon servants (social status is no longer important!), maidservants (astonishingly even females!). We are delighted to affirm and welcome all the gifts God has given within His body whoever has been entrusted with them. Gender, social status, or age, are no longer important.
Ministry is more about others than me. Jesus, we are told, took a towel and served His disciples by washing their feet. He calls us (still) to do the same - to lay down our lives for others. That is normal for all His followers, and shows others what He is like.
God planned the Church to be unlike anything else on earth. The early Church we are told, 'turned the world upside down'. There is much yet to be discovered about being the Church that truly empowers its members to greater effectiveness.
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