Our vision
Our vision is to see faith communities and neighborhood residents brought together as God’s beloved community.
Through transformative relationships with one another, we experience God’s love and the power of the gospel to heal from individual and systemic brokenness and make our city new.
Our primary work takes place within the Buckeye-Woodhill neighborhood in Cleveland. We strive to make our neighbors feel seen, known, and loved through the practical work of uplifting the community.
“Through New City Cleveland, God has taught me to see neighborhoods under a new light. He wants all neighborhoods to flourish and we need to become better neighbors with those around us not by forcing our way in, but by being inviting and asking how we can best help others in need and forming relationships.”
- Claire, Volunteer 4+
New City Cleveland is doing the work of equity and reconciliation, motivated, fueled, and equipped by the gospel.
Core values
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Renewal through the gospel
We believe that God’s love for the world, expressed through Jesus Christ, is the seed that makes all things new.
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Racial justice and reconciliation
We assert that racial healing is known through the truth of justice and the beauty of reconciliation, first to God and then to one another.
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Transformative relationships
All people are made in the image of God. When we enter into relationships with other image bearers, we find ourselves near to God and His glory.
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Listening to the community
God has made us limited beings, meant to live in community. When we focus on living our lives rooted in our local space, we find ourselves drawn into proximity with one another and with God. In this proximity, we can understand the needs of our community and the call God places on our lives better.
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Empowerment and humility
Justice always involves a leveling of what is unequal. We look to the poor and marginalized as wise and influential. We look to the rich and influential to listen and follow. The humility of the rich in stepping out of the way empowers the poor to take action and lead.
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God's Word
The hope we have comes from a place that is higher than we are. It is the hope of liberating God’s Word from the word of people. God’s mouth speaks His Word and His Word steps into our lives as “the Word that became flesh.”