Compartmentalized lives
Faith stays private. Work stays ‘neutral.’ Calling stays vague.
Faith. Work. Flourishing communities.
Live your calling.Shape your community.
We equip Christian leaders to bring purpose, courage, and renewal to the workplaces and communities they serve.
A calling lived. A community renewed.
Rooted in faith. Present in the world.
Our mission · U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit
We awaken people to the sacred nature of their work, equip them to live purposefully through an integrated life, and unleash them to renew workplaces and communities throughout the world, all for the glory of God.
Cities Project Global Inc. is a U.S. 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit (EIN 84-3541878). Principal office: 12024 Walnut Branch Rd, Reston, VA 20194, USA. About CPG →
Where faith becomes action
Start with a peer cohort, a DIY group study, the book, or our upcoming online community.
The problem
Most believers still live as if Monday is secular and Sunday is sacred.
Barna Research shows only 1% of Jesus-followers work in the religion sphere. Many wrongly believe only that sphere is sacred work. We believe all spheres are inherently sacred—and the other 99% must engage God’s purposes where they already work.
Examples
Ways the sacred-secular split shows up in ordinary life.
Influence left on the table
Culture is shaped in business, media, education, government—often without the church’s best people.
Cities feel overwhelming
Broken systems are visible. A pathway to renew them is not.
Lonely leaders
High-capacity Christians rarely find peers who take integration seriously.
How we address the problem
Awaken. Equip. Unleash.
A living sequence—not three slogans. Scroll to move through awakening, formation, and community impact.
Stage 01 · Awaken
God invites us to engage with Him in all we do
Leadership Circle
A peer cohort for workplace leaders across every sphere. Nine topics. Three phases. 400+ alumni already walking this path.
Denver
Washington DC
Worcester
Lima
Cartagena
São Paulo
Milan
Cairo
Abidjan
Lomé
Libreville
Port-Gentil
Franceville
Jinja
Central Asia (Russian-speaking)
Ulaanbaatar
It’s Not OK!
Renew Your Mind
Living in Exile · Kingdom of God…
Am I OK?
Find Your Calling
Integrated Lives · Vocational Calling…
What Can I Do?
Unleash Your Potential
Collective Stewardship · Public Square…
Spheres of society
Culture is made where you already have a seat.
Seven spheres. One calling. Empower people where they work—turning workplaces into influential centers of kingdom culture.
Data from Barna Research.
Our philosophy
Every workplace shapes culture
Most influence happens outside one thin slice. Each wedge percent matches its label—Religion is 1%.
- Business53%
- Education17%
- Family10%
- Government9%
- Media6%
- Arts4%
- Religion1%
Sphere focus
Arts
Beauty, story, and imagination that shape what a community loves.
You don’t leave your sphere to serve God—you serve God through it.
Leaders who stopped living two lives
Alumni integrating faith and work where culture is made—across this network of cities.
- 🇵🇪 Lima
- 🇧🇷 São Paulo
- 🇨🇴 Cartagena
- 🇨🇮 Abidjan
- 🇬🇦 Libreville
- 🇬🇦 Port-Gentil
- 🇬🇦 Franceville
- 🇹🇬 Lomé
- 🇪🇬 Cairo
- 🇿🇦 Worcester
- 🌏 Central Asia
We don’t pay bribes—ever. This counter-cultural stance has built our company’s reputation in Bangalore and taught our employees how to live out discipleship through business.
Ranjit Mathews
Co-founder, Stylus Software · Bangalore
I now live an integrated life—sharing my faith at work, leading colleagues to Christ, and transforming my department through values I learned in the Cities Project.
Marcelin Orsot
Finance & Operations Officer, ILO Regional Office for Africa · Abidjan
The Leadership Circle reshaped my mindset—our preschool teacher trainings now ripple across Cairo, empowering both Christian and Muslim communities with biblical values.
Mona Dimitri
Founder, Mustard Seed Training Center · Cairo
Before joining the program, I felt lost in my calling. Today, I’m leading a city initiative that’s making real change and I finally feel aligned in faith, work, and purpose.
Daniel Okafor
City initiator · London
After attending the Life Coaching Certification, I launched two training cohorts and led hundreds to Christ—our leadership curriculum is now influencing government and business leaders in Bogotá.
Camilo Bedoya
Entrepreneur & Church Leader · Bogotá
It’s not Sunday at church and then weekdays at work. It’s one life. Faith should live in everything we do.
Shereen Shaker
VP Management & Operations, AUC · Cairo
People get it. You can’t fake real love. If you treat them with dignity and compassion, it shows.
Shereen Shaker
VP Management & Operations, AUC · Cairo
This is the first time I felt like faith was being applied to real-world leadership challenges.
Nadir
Attorney · São Paulo
Instead of seeing my editor as someone who didn’t fit my faith journey, I saw someone valuable who could contribute to the message.
Marcos
Financial expert & author · São Paulo
It’s expensive to be poor. Our renewal project serves the underbanked—and is helping break the cycle of poverty in Montreal.
Kevin Falk
Leadership Circle alumni · Montreal
Faith lived out at work, combined with prayer and long-term collaboration, is helping families move from poverty to self-sufficiency—and slowly reshaping an entire city.
Scott Fast
IT leader & city collaborator · Denver
Reclaiming purpose and calling in Denver meant refusing the sacred-secular split—and leading my community from that integrated place.
Shawn Deberry Johnson
Denver Leadership Circle alumni · Denver
Insights
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Devin Harwell uses his Denver manufacturing company to fund second chances, support women in Sierra Leone, and model faith that turns everyday work into kingdom impact.
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The Sacred-Secular Divide Is Dead
The Sacred-Secular Divide Is Dead We’ve built a lie so convincing that most of us believe it: there’s sacred work (ministry, prayer, discipleship) and secular work (business, law, medicine, engineering). One is spiritual. One is just paying bills. This division is poisoning both. How the Divide Kills Witness When Christians separate their faith and work, […]
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Stewardship Beyond Money
Stewardship Beyond Money Most Christians think of stewardship as a financial conversation. Give 10%, be generous, invest wisely. But stewardship is so much bigger than that—and so much more demanding. The Steward Mindset Stewardship means you own nothing. You manage everything. This is radically different from ownership thinking, and it changes how you approach your […]
“God cares not only about redeeming souls but also about restoring His creation.”
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