About Gospel in Life
Gospelinlife.com is the site for all sermons, books, articles, and other resources from Timothy Keller. The name reflects our conviction that the gospel changes everything in life.
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History of Gospel in Life
When Tim and Kathy Keller first started Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New York City in 1989, one of the first things a member of the congregation did was to start the sermon ministry, which recorded Sunday sermons and passed out cassette copies to anyone who wanted them.
This ministry grew exponentially, adding employees, equipment, and office space, and by the late ’90s it was fulfilling paid subscriptions to people all over the world by mailing out thousands of sermon cassettes a year.
As people heard about Redeemer and Tim Keller, the “sermon ministry” continued to grow, eventually transitioning to a website where sermons and resources were sold digitally. In 2016 the sermon ministry of Redeemer church officially became known as Gospel in Life and began to expand the ways people could access the teaching and writing of Dr. Keller.
Today Gospel in Life presents the gospel-centered teaching and writing of Dr. Timothy J. Keller around the world. The sermons and talks available through Gospel in Life were preached by Dr. Keller from 1989 to 2017 while he was Senior Pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Through his sermons, books, articles, and resources, Gospel in Life seeks to bring about gospel transformation and to encourage Christians everywhere to live more missionally.
Gospel in Life now offers Dr. Keller’s sermons through a podcast (downloaded approximately two million times each month), a radio broadcast on dozens of stations across the U.S., and an XM satellite radio broadcast that reaches all of North America. Additionally, Gospel in Life provides gospel-centered resources like seasonal devotionals, our quarterly journal, and the video series Discovering the Gospel in Every Book of the Bible. In 2023, through the faithful and generous gifts of Gospel in Life donors, Tim and Kathy were very pleased to see all of Dr. Keller’s sermons become available for free on the Gospel in Life website.
At the beginning of 2023, Gospel in Life moved from being part of Redeemer Presbyterian Church and officially became part of Redeemer City to City—a ministry co-founded by Dr. Keller that supports gospel movements all over the world by training leaders and pastors and by helping them plant new churches in the global cities where they live.
We believe God is using our gospel-centered resources to transform lives and encourage Christians to live out their faith more fully in their neighborhoods, workplaces, and relationships. The name Gospel in Life reflects our conviction that the gospel truly changes everything in life.
Timothy Keller
As a family, the Kellers planted Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City in 1989, which grew to a weekly attendance of over 5,000 people, and through which God brought many other fruitful ministries, such as Redeemer City to City, Hope for New York, and Redeemer Counseling Services, among others. After stepping down as Senior Pastor of Redeemer in July of 2017, Tim continued to serve at Redeemer City to City full-time, a ministry that has helped start more than 1,000 churches in over 150 cities, and trained or reached more than 79,000 leaders.
Tim was ordained into the Presbyterian Church in America in 1975 and served as pastor of West Hopewell Presbyterian Church from 1975 to 1984 and as senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City from 1989 to 2017.
Tim authored numerous books, with some of the best known being The Reason for God, The Prodigal God, and The Meaning of Marriage, which he co-authored with Kathy. Overall, he wrote 31 books that have sold over 6 million copies and have been translated into 29 languages.
Tim is survived by his wife, Kathy, who continues to minister through Gospel in Life and is working with her family to develop numerous unpublished works from Dr. Keller that they hope to publish in the coming years.
Christianity Today has said, “Fifty years from now, if evangelical Christians are widely known for their love of cities, their commitment to mercy and justice, and their love of their neighbors, Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians.” For more info about Dr. Keller, visit TimothyKeller.com.
Redeemer City to City
Redeemer City to City supports pastors and leaders in church planting and contextualized urban ministry across the world. They also develop resources for their network in the form of books, group study materials, digital content, and online community – for leaders who seek to bring the power of the Christian gospel to every part of life. To learn more about their work, visit RedeemerCitytoCity.com.
Redeemer Presbyterian Church of NYC
The Redeemer congregation started with a few dozen people in 1989. It now draws over five thousand weekly attendees who meet in five Manhattan locations. Redeemer has birthed several ministries, including Hope for New York, the Center for Faith & Work, and Redeemer City to City. For more info, visit Redeemer.com.
