Redeemer Presbyterian Church (New York City)

Redeemer Presbyterian Church

Hunter College auditorium, one of Redeemer's meeting places.
Coordinates: 40°45′07″N 73°59′17″W / 40.75190°N 73.98798°W / 40.75190; -73.98798
Location New York City
Country United States
Denomination Presbyterian Church in America
Membership 1,760[1]
Website redeemer.com
History
Founded 1989 (1989)
Administration
Presbytery Metropolitan New York
Clergy
Senior pastor(s) Timothy J. Keller

Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA), founded in 1989, is a church located in New York City. Its senior pastor is Timothy J. Keller. Christianity Today called Redeemer "one of Manhattan's most vital congregations."[2]

History

Redeemer draws around 5,000 attenders to its services each Sunday at venues on the Upper West Side, Upper East Side and Downtown. According to the church's 2014 annual report, the current total membership is 1,760.[3] In a 2006 survey of 2,000 American church leaders, Redeemer was named the #16 most influential church in America.[4] Redeemer has attracted members of the public such as young professionals, doctors, bankers, lawyers, artists, actors, musicians, and designers, many of whom are in their 20s and 30s.[5]

In 1998, Tim and Kathy Keller wrote to The New York Times in response to an article, explaining that Redeemer was neither "hardline" nor "fundamentalist."[6] The couple argued that whereas fundamentalist churches stress political issues and are hostile to the surrounding secular culture, Redeemer focuses on the "character, ministry and work of Jesus" and promotes a "highly positive view of New York City with encouragement to live here as good neighbors." The Kellers claim that these qualities "set [Redeemer] apart from the conservative megachurch movement, from 20th-century fundamentalism or from modern mainline Protestantism."[6]

Through its church planting center, Redeemer has helped start over 100 smaller churches in the New York metropolitan area. With respect to planting and starting new churches in urban areas, The New York Times reported that "pastors from around the world are beginning to come in a steady stream to New York City to glean what they can from Dr. Keller and Redeemer."[7] In 2012, the church bought a parking garage at 150 West 83rd Street on the Upper West Side for conversion to a church building of its own.[8] The church has an office at 1166 Avenue of the Americas.

References

  1. ↑ http://download.redeemer.com/pdf/AR2014.pdf#page=30
  2. ↑ New York's New Hope: Christianity Today, December 1, 2004. Archived September 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ http://download.redeemer.com/pdf/AR2014.pdf#page=30
  4. ↑ Church Relevance.com The Church Report: 50 most influential churches, 2006 Archived December 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Tim Keller Wants to Save Your Yuppie Soul: New York Magazine, November 29, 2009. Archived November 19, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. 1 2 Redeemer Church Rejects The 'Hard-Line' Label: New York Times, Sunday, February 15, 1998.
  7. ↑ Preaching the Word and Quoting the Voice: New York Times, Sunday, February 26, 2006.
  8. ↑ City Room, NY Times, 2011 Feb 8 by LIZ ROBBINS and COLIN MOYNIHAN
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