about

who are we?

We are a multi-ethnic, all-age, group of people, who come from various walks of life, who have discovered something awesome… Jesus is alive!! This changes everything, it gives us purpose, meaning and a whole truckload of joy. As Christians, we are now part of Jesus’ Church, which is His family, the place where He dwells on planet earth!

We feel this is such good news! It’s too good to keep to ourselves, and although not much in life is free, this is such good news that it is worth giving away. We want to introduce Jesus to our city, the North of the UK & beyond!

We are part of ChristCentral and the wider newfrontiers family of churches.

where are we going?

Our inspiration and model on how the Church is built, its function & mission, is the Early Church found in the pages of the New Testament. We are on the journey of building this type of Church. And the best way to convey our vison and where we are going, is this short summary statement:

Our vision is to equip the Church to live a Spirit-led, Jesus-loving, culture-changing, ground-breaking lifestyle.

Our passion is to build a community, where the Holy Spirit is present, lives are being changed, local culture is being impacted, and where we are breaking ground into unreached areas locally and internationally with the gospel.

what's important to us?

We have eight core values at Revive City, rooted in Jesus’ teaching, which help us live out what we believe and become what we were created for:

Loving Family a loving, multi-ethnic, inclusive, family
Grace-filled Community who know their new identity in Christ
WordSpirit a Spirit & Word people, built on God’s word, infused with His presence
Devoted to Jesus expressing this in joyful worship, faith-filled prayer and Christ-centred living
Led by a team of elders in relationship with an apostolic team
Partnering with the Holy Spirit, on God’s mission to make Jesus known locally and globally
Demonstrating God’s kingdom invading culture and community life through demonstrations of God’s ever-increasing kingdom
Everyone equipped & released into their sphere as a body, where everyone is equipped and released into their God-given destiny

leadership

Tim leads the leadership team at Revive City. Married to Sam, they have two amazing teenagers.

Originally from Bedford, both Tim and Sam have been serving the Church in Carlisle for over 15 years. As well as overseeing Revive City, Tim is also a part-time landscape gardener. He loves spending time in the Cumbrian countryside. But top of the list for him is hanging out with his two lovely teenagers and his beautiful wife, Sam!

history

King’s Church Carlisle (as it was known) has its roots in the coming to Carlisle of Eric and Alison Cairns. Having been part of newfrontiers churches for some years, then completing the newfrontiers’ training in ministry programme, God spoke clearly to both Eric and Alison to move North and plant a church in Carlisle. The start of 2004 saw the coming together of several couples and singles sharing similar vision; a heart to build relationships together and to be a part of a new church in the City that would, in time, reach into the Borders region. In 2019 the church renamed to Revive City Church Carlisle.

As the years have passed the Church has developed and grown with all the joys and pains of life, which has built a strong dependence and strength in God. In early 2019, Harold and Dilys Wilmshurst, responded to a prophetic word from Ginny Burgin, and joined Revive City, spending a year encouraging and strengthening the Church. With new people, families and babies, office space and a new Sunday meeting venue, the story is still being written: the best is yet to come!