Your guide to being a church that meets community needs
Influence your community through church-based compassion
Your community needs you.
Get Inspired
Discover new ways to meet needs through inspirational stories of churches of all sizes reaching out and transforming their communities.
Get Equipped
Receive advice from forty leading experts in compassion ministries on everything from starting a community non-profit to acquiring funds from many sources.
Get Started
Begin building compassion models that are scalable for any church and community.
What People Are Saying
40 Experts Share their wisdom
About CITYSERVE
You want to make a lasting difference through compassion ministry; however, you’re busy with all of the other demands and its hard to know where to start; You want your church to be known for meeting needs but at times feel under-resourced and overwhelmed. CityServe was written for difference makers like you.
CityServe, written by forty leading experts in community-based and global compassion will inspire and equip you to
- become a leader of influence in your community
- adopt proven models for churches of any size
- recruit and mobilize volunteers to serve
- partner with government and local businesses
- acquire funds and in-kind gifts
Read CityServe and find the guidance you need to impact your community in ways you’d never imagined.
Meet the authors
Dave Donaldson is the former national director of Operation Blessing, co-founder of Convoy of Hope, and a board member for the Courage Award Foundation, a partner of the National Football League (NFL). A veteran of Washington, DC, he served on the National Council for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association (SAMHSA), and now is co-founder and chairman for CityServe International.
Wendell Vinson is pastor of Canyon Hills Church in California, one of the leading multisite churches in the nation, pioneering fresh approaches to church revitalization and evangelism from the “neighborhood to the nations.” He is the architect of the CityServe model in Southern California and is co-founder of CityServe International.
Contributors
Tommy Barnett
Co-pastor of Dream City Church, founder of Los Angeles Dream Center
Jonathan Reckford
CEO, Habitat for Humanity
Jonas and Anne “Auntie Anne” Beiler
Professional counselor, co-founders of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels
Scott Wilson
The Oaks Church, TX; founder, The Oaks School of Leadership
Rick Bezet
Founder and lead pastor, New Life Church, AR; co-founder, ARC
Executive director, Give 5; former city manager, Springfield, MO
Leadership coach and author of Millennials Matter
Founder and senior director, Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance; former policy director, White House Faith-Based and Community Initiative
Darren DeLaune
Senior executive pastor, New Life Church, AR
Vice president of programs, Community Foundation of the Ozarks
Founder and president, Rural Compassion; co-founder, Convoy of Hope
Lake City Church, ID
Cornerstone Church, CA; CityServe Fresno; host, Franklin Live
Sharen Ford
Focus on the Family; Former manager, Department of Human Services, CO
Assistant superintendent, Assemblies of God; director, Church Transformation Initiative
Founder, WorldWide Family; former dean, College of Ministry, Northwest University
Doug Green
North Hills Church, CA; former chairman, Vanguard University
Rich Guerra
Superintendent, Assemblies of God SoCal Network
Steve Haas
Chief catalyst, World Vision International
Rod Haro
Fowler Worship Centre, CA; CityServe Central Valley
Doug Heisel
New Life Church, CA
Bill High
Founder and CEO, The Signatry; former CEO, National Christian Foundation Heartland
Fitz Hill
Dream Center, AK; former president, Arkansas Baptist College; former football coach, San Jose
State University
Julie Horner
Senior director of publishing, My Healthy Church; adjunct faculty, Evangel University
John Hughes
Director, CityServe National Grant Center
John Johnson
Assistant superintendent, Assemblies of God SoCal Network
Tom Knox
Founder and CEO, CareFamily; former senior vice president, Christian Broadcasting Network
Mark Lehmann
Cornerstone Church, MD
Dan de León
Templo Calvario, CA
Lee de León
President, Templo Calvario CDC, CA
Barry Meguiar
Founder and president, Meguiar’s, Inc.; founder, Rival Outside the Walls
Ryan Odle
CityServe International
Marvin Olasky
Editor and chief, World Magazine; best-selling author, Tragedy of American Compassion
Jay Pathak
Mile High Vineyard, CO
Mike Quinn
New Break Church, CA; CityServe San Diego; Church Multiplication Network
Chuck Bengochea
Former CEO, HoneyBaked Ham and Family Christian Bookstores
Gene Roncone
Highpoint Church, CO; Highpoint Podcast Network
Dave Runyon
President, Unite Denver
Robert Showers, Esq.
Simms and Showers Law
Brian Steele
Executive director, Phoenix Dream Center
Cary Summers
President, Museum of the Bible; former executive for Herschend Family Entertainment and Bass
Pro Shops
Paul Thompson
Executive director, Carlsbad Consulting; Senior Adjunct, Center for Creative Leadership
Randy Valimont
Griffin Assembly of God, GA; president, Calcutta Mission of Mercy
Doug Wead
Historian, New York Times best-selling author, former White House special assistant to the President
Rich and Robyn Wilkerson
Trinity Church, FL; co-founders, Peacemakers