A Year of Two Threads: Cities Project Global and the Knit Together Project
As the year draws to a close, I want to share about two threads of work that have woven together this year, both serving the same calling: lives knit together in Christ, flourishing where God has placed us.
Cities Project Global: Taking the Movement International
This year, I've had the privilege of working alongside Cities Project Global (CPG), a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit that awakens people to the sacred nature of their work, equips them to live purposefully, and unleashes them to renew workplaces and communities throughout the world, all for the glory of God.
There are a lot of organizations promoting faith-work integration here in the United States. What sets CPG apart is its international reach. Very little of this movement has crossed borders and oceans. CPG is changing that.
Awaken. Equip. Unleash.
CPG's approach unfolds in a living sequence:
- Awaken — helping people see their work as sacred
- Equip — preparing them to live purposefully through an integrated life
- Unleash — sending them to transform their workplaces and communities
Leadership Circle
The flagship program is the Leadership Circle, a peer cohort for workplace leaders across every sphere. Nine topics. Three phases. Over 400 alumni already walking this path.
A Global Footprint
The movement has spread to cities including:
- Denver and Washington DC (USA)
- Worcester (South Africa)
- Lima and Cartagena (Latin America)
- São Paulo (Brazil)
- Milan (Italy)
- Cairo (Egypt)
- Abidjan and Lomé (West Africa)
- Libreville, Port-Gentil, and Franceville (Gabon)
- Jinja (Uganda)
- Central Asia (Russian-speaking)
- Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
Stories From the Field
The impact is real and global. A co-founder in Bangalore who refuses to pay bribes and has built his company's reputation on discipleship through business. A finance officer in Abidjan who now lives an integrated life, sharing faith at work and leading colleagues to Christ. A preschool training center in Cairo whose biblical values ripple across both Christian and Muslim communities. A city initiator in London leading real change. These are leaders, across continents, who stopped living two lives.
The Knit Together Project (KTP): A Pilot Program
The Knit Together Project is a pilot program designed to discover whether an online chat community can support Christians who want to connect their faith in Christ to their daily work.
The Need
Many Christians long for that kind of integration, yet struggle to experience it in the grind of the Monday-to-Friday routine. What's needed is a source of encouragement and strengthening that is easily accessible — something that meets people right where they are, in the middle of their workday.
How it works
KTP participants regularly share real-time experiences from their workday. These are raw, honest expressions of struggle and success, blessing and bewilderment, problems and progress. The goal is mutual encouragement and spiritual nourishment, rooted in Colossians 2:19:
"Holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God."
Where?
On Reddit, in a private subreddit accessible only to our group. Different conversation topics appear in different threads, so you can start a new thread or comment on an existing one.
A Pilot, Not a Finished Product
KTP is an experiment. We don't yet know whether this kind of tool can sustain the encouragement and strengthening that faith-work integration requires. That's exactly what we're setting out to discover, together.
Two Threads, One Hope
CPG is spreading this movement across the globe. KTP is testing a simple tool to sustain it in the daily grind. Both serve the same calling: lives knit together in Christ, flourishing where God has placed us.
Looking Ahead
As we move into a new year, I'm grateful for both of these partnerships. If any of this stirs something in you, I'd love to connect.
Learn more about Cities Project Global and the Knit Together Project.
Cities Project Global Inc. is a U.S. 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit (EIN 84-3541878).
