What unites members of this fledgling congregation, many of whom have migrated from evangelical Christian churches, is not necessarily ritual and dogma. It is the church’s mission, based on a passage from the Book of Jeremiah, to “seek the peace and prosperity of the city” in which they live.
“What draws them together is the love of the neighborhood, and the desire to be in mission here,” said Ryan Boettcher, one of Christ Redeemer’s three lay pastors, who lives in Riverwest with his wife and infant son. “There’s this community vision that our welfare as a church is so tied to the neighborhood that, unless our neighborhood is flourishing, we can’t see our church as flourishing.”
Christ Redeemer, which has grown to about 45 families, worships in rented space at the Holton Youth + Family Center, at 510 E. Burleigh St. It is one of about 500 new churches planted by the Anglican Church in North America…