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Christians debate gay marriage

On both sides of the issue, believers are striving to determine how their faith should inform their political beliefs. Today, Christians from either side of the aisle share their views.

The hunger for love

In a narrow alcove, among urine stains and drifts of trash lies a little bundle, shivering with cold and fear in her dreams; another dirty face comforting, yet anxious, beside.

How it all began

It is at this point that the beautiful love story of how this wonderful, perfect God presented a way through which there can be peace between man and God again begins.

Who is God?

God is a loving Father who is intricately involved in the lives of His children.

3Ci What we believe and value

Mission

To live for...

the transformation of people
into a distinct people
as a new society under God's rule and reign and as a sign of the coming kingdom of God.

Approach and values

Orthodoxy (right thinking)
The glory of God is the utmost reality in all the universe and all of life.
God is three and God is one.
The meta-narrative of scripture reveals God's eternal purpose.
The centrality of Jesus Christ and his gospel.
The word of God is flawless.

Orthopraxy (right behaving)
Local church environment. (church/ecclesia is the hothouse of discipling, not programs)
Disciple-making as a lifestyle.
The obedience of faith that is rewarded.
Multiplication of and partnership with churches.

Orthopathy (right affections)
Loving God; Worship.
Loving brothers; Fellowship.
Loving others; Mission.

More specifically, in our city (Pretoria) with her tragic history, we love all races intentionally, hate religion as a counterfeit to the gospel, and fight against urges of consumerism, privatised living and numbness to the poor and oppressed.

3Ci Who and where we are

Five churches in Pretoria are carrying 3Ci as a family name, for the time being, until we will sit down again to discuss our futures and the best way to work together. This may look like a multi-site model, but differs from multisite strategy in it's impermanence, autonomous eldership teams and own pulpits without video ministry.

These 5 churches are 3Ci Bridge, Capital City Church International, Christ Kingdom Ambassadors, Highway Church International and Northside City Church.

The purpose of our temporary "multi-congregation" nature is to help one another get better established upon the simple gospel as missional outposts working into the same city, by collaborating leaders, people, money and projects. This move was born out of a relational desire to work closer together, and a missional desire to be more effective.

Our ecclesiological aims are New Testament simplicity, interdependent autonomy and viral multiplication. This means that we will always work towards releasing one another, and therefore, we are not excited about building an ever-expanding brand.

We are using "3Ci - branding" only in the short term, and in this case, to help reestablish a functional unity between previously independent churches. So, while we currently exist as 5 churches with a 3Ci surname, it will not remain this way. Our dream is for every church to grow strong, be released, and multiply themselves, forever releasing generation upon generation, and not for a branded system to position itself over new churches.