Redeemer Presbyterian Church — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Pete Nicholas (Senior Pastor; founded by Timothy Keller, retired 2017, d. 2023)

Founded Unknown

Denomination Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)

Service Times Multiple locations and times -- check redeemer.com

Men's Ministry Yes

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.redeemer.com

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

Is Jesus the only way? (John 14:6)

PCA -- Westminster Standards. Strong orthodox Christology.

Strong

Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

PCA -- inerrancy affirmed. Keller modeled rigorous biblical engagement.

Strong

Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Full ministry programming across multiple campuses.

Strong

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Reformed -- Westminster Confession. Faith alone, grace alone.

Strong

Gender / Biblical Design

Biblical manhood and womanhood by God's design — patriarchal, complementarian, egalitarian, or affirming gender ideology?

PCA -- male-only ordination (pastors and elders).

PCA -- male-only ordination. Elder-led governance.

Strong

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

PCA governance. Elder-led. Multiple campuses.

Strong

Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

GREEN: Keller set the standard for intellectually rigorous, gospel-centered preaching in an urban context. Verify successors maintain quality.

Strong

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

City to City church planting. Redeemer City to City has planted 750+ churches globally.

Strong

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

GREEN: Keller uniquely engaged NYC culture with gospel without compromise. | HERITAGE FLAG: Founding pastor Tim Keller (d. 2023) was a founding advisory board member of the Alliance for Mission and Renewal (AMR — a4mr.org), the soft-progressive PCA advocacy group, AND was on the Revoice advisory council. Current senior leadership (post-Keller) is not named on any of the three PCA red-flag lists (Warhurst, AMR, Letter of Lament), but the Keller-network DNA is the explicit theological foundation AMR continues to champion. "People is policy" framing applies to current leaders, but inherited culture is a real signal — verify whether the current Redeemer plant has retained Keller's soft-progressive leanings or has corrected toward orthodox patriarchal-leaning ecclesiology under new pastors.

Strong

Accountability Structure

Denominational home, elder plurality, or external network — is the pastor answerable to anyone?

PCA -- confessional Reformed accountability.

Strong

Assessment

Redeemer Presbyterian Church (NYC) was founded by Timothy Keller in 1989 and represents one of the most significant Reformed church plants in modern history. Keller retired in 2017 and passed in 2023. Pete Nicholas now leads as Senior Pastor. Multiple campuses (Downtown, West Side, East Side, Lincoln Square, East Harlem). Redeemer City to City has planted 750+ churches globally. PCA confessional Reformed. STRONG recommendation -- though verify that successor pastors maintain Keller's theological rigor.

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Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

Founded 1989 by Tim Keller; multi-site PCA; 150 W 83rd St, NYC [2026-05-18] Merged dupe redeemer-presbyterian-nyc into this record (Phase 5 cleanup). [2026-05-18] Merged dupe redeemer-pca-new-york-ny into this record (Phase 5 cleanup).

These are the URLs consulted to arrive at this church's scoring. Score-note claims are synthesized from homepage content, denominational directories, and public statements of faith at the time of review. Church websites change frequently; we're progressively adding Internet Archive snapshots to prevent link rot.

[1] Live source redeemer.com
[2] Archived snapshot web.archive.org/web/20260215024529/https://byfaithonline.…
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[3] Archived snapshot web.archive.org/web/20251112084919/https://en.wikipedia.o…
↳ Snapshot of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redeemer_Presbyterian_Church_(New_Y… (live link)
[4] Live source redeemer.com
[5] Live source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redeemer_Presbyterian_Church_(Manha…

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