Having a steady moral compass, a grounding community, and a place that continually reminds me of who I want to be has changed everything. Central is more than a church to us; it’s home.
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Community Groups, in particular, have been a place where we’ve felt supported and encouraged through both our highs and lows, and where we’ve seen the church’s ‘hospital, not a museum’ mission lived out in real ways.
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I’m grateful that Central is a refuge from this frenetic city life. It’s where I hear the gospel preached, see skeptics and believers welcomed, and feel shepherded and strengthened to love and serve our city and world.
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Central Church is truly a home for everyone. Its gospel-centered teachings affirm the blessings we have already received and the grace we could never earn, offering a message of hope that our city and our world deeply need.
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Central is a place where I can reflect, grow spiritually, and be known. I’m not sure how I would have navigated my transition without this community.
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I look forward to starting each week at Central — welcomed by a friendly greeting and reminded that God’s goodness is greater than the stresses inherent to New York City life.
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I think it’s beautiful to come into church and worship our God together with friends and mentors of all ages. It’s a small (albeit different) picture of the diversity and mutual love that’s characteristic of heaven.
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I first began attending Central in 2010. But even though I have always claimed to be a Christian, I did not have a full understanding of the good news of the gospel until very recently.
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For many years, I had been taught to believe that the Church was the final authority of my faith, and that I had no right to question its teaching. But eventually, I did have questions.
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The first Sunday I attended Central, I heard a sermon on the importance of Christian community and how you can’t be a Christian on your own. That Sunday is when things began to change for me.
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Psalm 51:12—”Restore to me the joy of your salvation”—sums up much of what Central has meant to me. I've been a Christian for 20 years, and I would say that in some ways, the gospel had grown stale to me.
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