City Church San Francisco

City Church is going through a nasty church split right now, and many long time members are leaving. here’s an article that was written about it:

There are a few evangelical churches in San Francisco, and this is one of them. The Mission Campus is a more family friendly/​casualish environment. The Sutter campus is in the Russian Center and it’s a big, cold, open room. It’s usually packed and warms up by the time the the sermon starts, but bring your coat in with you. Anywho… let’s get to the heart of the matter. It’s clear that the leadership love Jesus and want to draw the congregation into deeper faith and relationship with him. There are a lot of services, events, activities, etc. for families, couples, singles and youth. I’m not personally a fan of the stuffy collars (they say they want the pastors to stand out — I think it just looks pretentious), and would rather greet those around me rather than passing the peace (it’s hard enough to meet people at a church this size — why limit our ability to at least introduce ourselves to each other?). But overall I think the leadership really are trying to accommodate such a large congregation and I trust them. I really love Fred and feel he does a good job of balancing having boundaries with such a large congregation with still being accessible and loving. It’s a great church to check out if you’re looking for a place to worship.

Christianity the way it was meant to be. Open, accessible, nonjudgemental, loving. You can tell it has Presbyterian roots, and everyone will find something meaningful to like here.

Great vibe here. I’ve found churches to be intimidating/​cold in the past and I was quite pleasantly surprised by City Church, especially the Mission branch. Check it out!

We started attending the Mission location of City Church when it started last Easter. We love the more intimate feel of the Mission location while still enjoying the same (for the most part) sermons as the Sutter location. 3 out of 4 weeks, Fred Harrell or whichever pastor is preaching at the Sutter location, commutes to the Mission location to preach the same sermon.
The Mission location meets at Horace Mann middle school and does its best to give back to the school and neighboring community as well. Matt Nault, the campus pastor, makes a real effort at getting to know people and cultivate the church’s involvement in the community.