Overview
A new generation of Christians believes God calls them to seek shalom in their cities. These Christians are using their gifts and energies in all sectors of public life—commerce, government, technology, the arts, media, and education—to bring systemic renewal to the cultural "upstream" and to bless their neighbors in the process. No longer on the sidelines of influence, emboldened by the belief that Jesus loves cities, they model a distinctly evangelical civic engagement for the 21st century.
This Is Our City, a multiyear project of Christianity Today, seeks to spotlight in reporting, essays, and documentary video how these Christians are responding to their cities' particular challenges with excellence, biblical faith, and hope. From 2011 to 2013 we profiled six cities in depth. They differ dramatically from one another in size, economic climate, ethnic and racial composition, and in their history of Christian presence, leadership or abdication, at crucial moments. But they all have stories worth telling. Wherever we live, we can learn something from these cities about faithfulness to our own place.
The Team
![Andy Crouch Andy Crouch](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/24682.jpg?h=69&w=124)
Andy Crouch
![Christy Tennant Christy Tennant](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/24683.jpg?h=69&w=124)
Christy Tennant
![Skye Jethani Skye Jethani](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/24684.jpg?h=69&w=124)
Skye Jethani
![Katelyn Beaty Katelyn Beaty](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/24685.jpg?h=69&w=124)
Katelyn Beaty
![Nathan Clarke Nathan Clarke](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/24686.jpg?h=69&w=124)
Nathan Clarke
![Roxanne Stone Roxanne Stone](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/24656.jpg?h=69&w=124)
Roxanne Stone