Matthew 5:14

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City Lights Church is a Gospel-centered, Spirit-filled church that launched in January of 2024 in Spartanburg, SC. We want you to experience Jesus—to know Him and follow Him—and become a light to all those around you.

Wherever you are in life, we want to equip you for the next step.

Our Pastors

Our Pastors

Ben Gaulden is the Senior Pastor of City Lights Church in Spartanburg, SC. He and his wife, Krista, grew up together in Spartanburg, married in 2014, and now have 3 beautiful children: Judah, Elise, and Theo.

After serving in ministry together for the last 7 years, in both Florida and Texas, they have felt the call of God to return and plant a life-giving church in Spartanburg, SC—the city where both his father and great-uncle pastored before him.

They believe this is the time & place for God to build a life-giving, Spirit-filled church to reach the least, the last & the lost. Their heart is to see lives changed, families strengthened, hearts healed & made whole by the power of God.

Vision

We exist to help each person in this CITY and beyond to know and follow Jesus and become LIGHTS to all those around them.”

Values

We LOVE All People, We HONOR All People.

We Are CONTRIBUTORS, Not CONSUMERS.

HEAR + OBEY + REPEAT = GROWTH

We Live Out GENEROSITY Everyday.

Not Just SPIRIT-FILLED, We’re SPIRIT-FUELED.

Change YOUR World, Change THE World.

Our Beliefs