About

Rev. Tyler Sit is the founding pastor of New City Church, a church in Minneapolis that is led mostly by queer people of color. New City became the first 'built from scratch' church plant to charter in Minnesota United Methodism in decades. And in 2022, New City launched its second branch, Northeast United Methodist Church. Sit is a second-generation Chinese American, and he focuses his racial justice work into Intersect, a church planting network that he co-founded during the pandemic. Sit has been featured in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Minnesota Public Radio, and more.

New City has been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Minnesota Public Radio, and more.

Bachelor in Science: Communication Studies, Boston University.

Masters of Divinity, Candler School of Theology, Emory University.

In the Media

Here are some articles that feature me or were written by me:

• “Open Doors: Tyler Sit” (Bostonia Magazine)

• “Young Methodists Plant Churches With Environmental Gospel” (New York Times)

• “The Gospel of De-Gentrification” (CityLab)

• “3 Steps for Following Jesus in the World” (UMC.org)

• “What gentrification looks like in the Twin Cities” (Minnesota Public Radio)

• “What do Christian environmentalists believe?” (Minnesota Public Radio)

• “Minnesota Churches Sow Seeds for Future Revival” (Star Tribune)

• “6 inspiring city innovations from around the world” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• “Fighting gentrification with the Holy Spirit” (Pacific Standard)

• “50 Environmentalists to Watch” (Grist)

• “Building the New City: Church-Planting for Social and Environmental Justice” (by Tyler Sit, for Patheos)

• “Centering Marginalized Voices” (Lewis Center for Church Leadership)