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Our City

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Theology of the City

At Harbor Anglican, our theology of the city is simple: not only are we committed to the city of man being the place where we live out our citizenship of the city of God, but we desire to see the city of man become more like the city of God.

Seattle Ministry Partners

Here are a few of the ministries we’ve partnered with in recent years

Ways to Get Involved

If you’re unsure of where to start, here are a few first steps:

  • Join a Harbor Group and commit to praying with others for the city and the areas where you live, work, and play.

  • Find your district and know your council members so you can pray for them.

  • Join a ministry in the city:

    • Union Gospel Mission’s Search & Rescue needs volunteers every night of the week to hand out food and basic necessities to the unhoused in our city. They also regularly do trainings on homelessness and have lots of different ways volunteers can get involved.

    • REST has been training us on ways to combat sex trafficking in our city and support those who have escaped the sex trade.

    • RUF & Intervarsity meet weekly on UW campus during the fall and spring semesters. Campus ministry is incredibly hard work and we know Braden (RUF) and Mikey (IV) would both value your prayers. You may also consider taking them out to coffee or lunch to encourage them, and as able, support them financially.

    • The Al-Ma’idah Initiative has offered classes to help us better understand how to interact with our Muslim neighbors, and we have partnered with them to host dinners where we can have meaningful conversations around the table and share truth without compromise.

“To be a true blessing to Seattle means being true to who God has called us to be—a city on a hill, an outpost of the city of God among the city of men.”

The Bible Has a Lot to
Say about Cities

In fact, the Bible ends with the world becoming a heavenly city. As followers of Jesus, we want to see our city through a distinctly Christian lens. The writer of the letter to the Hebrews says, “Here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.” This simply means that before we see ourselves first as residents of Seattle, we must first see ourselves as residents of the city of God (Heb. 11:10, 16; 13:14; Rev. 21:2).  Because our true citizenship belongs with God and his people (Phil. 3:20), we are first and foremost called out from the city to belong to God’s city. However, Scripture also commands us to “seek the welfare of the city to which we have been sent.” (Jer. 29:7). This means participation in our city is vitally important.

The Bible calls us both to seek the welfare of our city and be a prophetic light to our city. This means we embrace a both/and not an either/or approach to our city. There will be times we will celebrate what is happening in our city, but there will also be times that we deeply lament. At times we will work in partnership with our city for the common good, but other times we will need to speak prophetically and truthfully to her.

Our theology of the city is simple: not only are we committed to the city of man being the place where we live out our citizenship of the city of God, but we desire to see the city of man become more like the city of God. In summary, we believe that being called out from the city is always for the sake of the city. To be a true blessing to Seattle means being true to who God has called us to be—a city on a hill, an outpost of the city of God among the city of men.