City Lights Fam

Fam, short for family.
Fam, a term of love and respect.
FAM, an acronym for Fellowship And Mission.

We’re a hip-hop ministry: God is good, truthful, faithful, loving, and powerful and we rely on him, while helping each other, in following Jesus, being changed by the Holy Spirit, and joining the Father in his mission.

Enjoying the hip-hop elements and having fellowship
Loving God, being loved by him, and loving others
Following Jesus in our lives, faith, and purpose

Some of the things we do to help you achieve those. Contact us for more details.

Breaking Sessions

Monday evenings

hip-hop church podcast

Tuesdays (deets below)

graff sketch Sessions

Monday afternoons

annual charity hip-hop jam

Coming Sept. 2025

annual conference

2025’s coming soon

worldwide fellowship

Sunday nights (on Zoom)

deejay scratch jams

Monthly

hope ‘n mic (emcee sessions)

Next one in June

mixtapes

linktr.ee/citylightsfam

And our Hip-Hop Church podcasts are live every Tuesday at 3PM EST. Catch them live (and the replays) on our YouTube page.

what others are saying

“Getting together with City Lights has changed my life. Through them I found a group that loves God and that I feel comfortable being open with. No judgements, just honest conversation and support!”

“City Lights keeps me connected to my faith in the context of the hip-hop world we live in.”

“I feel like God blessed me through City Lights by bringing me around the right kind of people who are a positive influence on my life.”

“City Lights provided an honest space to talk about faith, artistry and sexuality – a space vitally important for the discipleship of so many, especially those who feel alienated by the church.”

“City Lights has provided a space for me to see if God can use my passion for poetry and hip-hop to help build his kingdom.”

“Growing up, I was told that hip-hop and Christianity can never come together. This community has been actively and deeply involved with my faith, struggles, and marriage and have showed me that the Bible is still active today, even in the hip-hop community.”

“I found a group of Christians that I can be myself around. City Lights is a positive thing in my life and that’s important.”

what’s so dope about jesus?

God created the world good and wanted people to live in certain ways. Then people disrespected God and were like, “nah, we got this” and started living their own ways. But doing that had the natural consequences of death and disease and overall bad things happening. Now, if God had let that play out, it would have been fair. But cuz God loved his creation, especially people, he decided to forgive. He did this through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For those that believe, they are forgiven and start to follow God’s ways, the ways he wanted people to live from jump. How?

God, out of his grace, sent his son, who never sinned and taught the right ways of God, and then died (murdered, really). In that, he took the consequences that we all should get for our sins. He rose again from the dead (cuz not even death could hold him), and then ascended to Heaven, and will one day return. In the meantime, people have found joy, peace, hope, changed lives, freedom from addictions and hurts, direction, healing, friendships – these are some of the things that come in a life with God. Why? Cuz he is sovereign, and good, and full of grace.

Do you have sins that need to be confessed to him and be forgiven for? Do you have to stop living life your own ways and start following God’s ways through Jesus? (That doesn’t mean giving up being hip-hop either.) Do you want to be free of sinful living (and heart), get right with God, and have a new life in Jesus? Think about it. If you have good Christians in your life, talk to them about it. Talk with God about it in prayer. Read or listen to the Bible about it all. And if you have any questions or want to follow Jesus, let us know. We’ll be glad to help.