This Sunday at church we were reminded by Pastor Chris Cartwright that City Temple was birthed in 1929 out of a mission to Cardiff by George Jeffrey's the founder of the Elim movement. The mission started on 22nd September and continued for 51 nights with an eventual 3,000 people coming to faith in Jesus. Chris had with him in church a postcard sent to the Elim HQ in London from Cardiff in July of 1928. From that little cry for help a strong church was born. The message on the card simply said- 'Cardiff needs the 4 square gospel. Please come and help'. The foursquare gospel was the message of the early Elim Pentecostal pioneers and focused on the four themes of Jesus as Saviour, Baptizer in the Holy Spirit, Healer, and Coming King.
Chris mentioned what he believed to be the core characteristics of our church:
- Pentecostal spirituality-every believer experiencing a personal pentecost.
- Evangelism a priority-reaching out to the lost.
- Signs and wonders evident- a belief in, and a manifestation of, the miraculous.
- Citywide influence-we are a gathered city church not just a local community one.
- Innovative ministry- the present building ( purchased in 1934, 5 years after the church started) originally had 1,000 cinema style seats in it and was heavily criticized by other churches for being worldly.
- Creative programming- as new housing estates grew all over Cardiff the church organized busses to bring people into the church on a Sunday.
- All ages welcome- children and youth ministry has always been a priority.
- All cultures, backgrounds and nationalities welcome- we have 40 countries represented in church on a Sunday. Doctors sit next to ex-addicts, folk born 5 miles away worship with folk born 5,000 miles away. One man in church this weekend remembered giving his life to Christ in a George Jeffrey's meeting in 1933, others have come to faith just this last few weeks!
ELIM- a place of refreshing for the Israelites in a time of challenge and hardship:
Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water. Exodus 15:27
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