Welcome to the City Partnership
The City Partnership is a mission organisation committed to reaching and discipling business people with the gospel for the glory of God and the good of the local church. We believe that God speaks to men and women through His Word and therefore Bible teaching should be at the centre of everything we do.
Weekly Meetings
The core of the ministry is our weekly meetings, when businessmen and women gather during the lunch hour to study the Word of God and discuss its impact on their lives. To find out more about these meetings and where they take place, have a look at our Weekly Meetings page. You can download the study notes for these sessions from theWeekly Studies page.
Other Ministries
While the weekly lunchtime meetings are the core of the City Partnership, we also run various other ministries. For those seeking to grow in their relationship with Jesus, the Building on the Rock weekends offer a unique opportunity to discover what it means to be "in Christ", through gospel application to pain and sin. The "Reading Right" ministry enables Christians to study the classics in Christian literature in weekly study groups.
Posted on November 15, 2009 - 17:09
Sowing and Reaping
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature, will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Galatians 6:7, 8
I always find it very interesting to watch the process of farming through a year. In the spring the farmer prepares the fields and sows the seed. Then there follows the months of growth during summer until harvest day comes when the crops are reaped, threshed and sent to market.
The Light of the World (3)
Why Jesus came
John 9:24-41
Introduction
The Light of the World (2)
John 9:13-25
A Straightforward Witness
Introduction
In this series we are thinking about what Jesus meant when he said, “I am the light of the world”. It’s a very bold claim that Jesus makes twice in John’s Gospel and practically everyone has heard these words before. But what did Jesus actually mean?
The Light of the World (1)
Sight for the Blind
John 9:1-12
The God who answers Prayer (5)
The Most Urgent Prayer of All
1 Kings 22:51-2 Kings 1:18
Introduction
Today is the last study in our current series on prayer, where we have been sitting at the feet of perhaps the greatest of the OT prophets, Elijah, and learning some of the basics. So far we have learned about why we should pray, how to pray and even discovered why some prayers are never answered.
The Prayer of a Broken Servant
Introduction
In this series we have been exploring the theme of prayer. We have seen that what makes the God of the Bible different from the gods of human imagination is that He answers the prayers of His people. And we’ve been looking at some very dramatic examples of this in the life of Elijah.
The God who answers Prayer (3)
When Heaven Hears
1 Kings 18:30-46
Introduction
We are devoting five weeks to learning about prayer. But we are doing something rather unusual. Instead of studying one of the amazing prayers in the New Testament, we are in the OT and Elijah is our teacher.
The God who Answers Prayer (2)
When there is No Answer
1 Kings 18:1,2 and 17-29
Introduction
We are in a short series on prayer, which is one of the great privileges of being a Christian. When we start to follow Christ, God makes us a member of his family, and one of the first things we are encouraged to do is to pray. But at that point, many of us get stuck. What is prayer? How are we supposed to do it? Where do we begin?
The God who answers Prayer (1)
1 Kings 17:1-24
Do you trust God’s Word?
Introduction
There is a story about three men in a boat. This is not the famous three on their trip down the river Thames, but a different group. And as they went along, their boat began to sink. The first man couldn’t pray because he was an atheist. The second man couldn’t pray because he couldn’t think of any prayers suitable for sinking boats. So, the third man prayed and he said, “Lord we are in a terrible mess. Please help us, and we’ll never trouble you again.”
Faith at Work (12)
A Call to Christian Community
James 5:12-20
Introduction
I wonder if you have considered how private our lives in South Africa have become. Many of us get in the car in the morning, press a button to open the garage door, go to work or wherever it is we go and come back in the evening with the garage door closing behind us without even having to get out of the car.
