Hope can now be found in Elgin as Dan & Abigail Dominguez have planted a new church! Check out this quick video to see the celebration of their grand opening!
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I was invited to walk through a run-down church building on Archer Avenue in Chicago. It was in rough shape with serious water issues and mold in the lower level. On the upper level, the ceiling was falling down in pieces in the sanctuary. It was quite a sorry sight! As I was walking through this building in great disrepair I heard the voice I’ve come to know so well, “Hal, can these bones live?” I laughed out loud and thought, “Pity the fool who has to renovate this building!”
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While I was studying at Chicago Theological Seminary in 2011, I prayed two things to know God’s will for my future: first, to secure my status; and second, but not the least, to connect with an AG church. Making a long story short, God granted my prayers as I began a new journey of planting a church in the West suburban area in the fall of 2015 with a handful people.
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For any leader struggling with the thought or process of multiplication, I would say to begin with seeking a Word from God. In a culture that looks at multiplication as a style, fad, or cool word to throw around, God wants to empower His Church to spread like wildfire.
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One of the most amazing things is how intentionally we worked to see who we reached were unchurched, and de-churched people under 40 because we felt very few churches were focused on reaching them and that is exactly what we have seen God do.
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Not only did God provide for our physical needs, but He more than provided for our spiritual needs. For all the seemingly detrimental chaos that surrounded, we’ve never experienced more unity and peace in our home and in the call of God on our lives.
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We have served the community by feeding and clothing the homeless, helping those in need, and presenting ourselves to the world as authentic, real people who care about others.
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Over the past five years, Evangel Indian Church has grown from a handful of families to over 80 adults and children covering multiple Indian language groups – primarily Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Telugu.
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When presented with the opportunity by the Illinois District Council, we knew immediately this must happen. We could not let a church close. In fact, God had began to prepare the way in advance. Calvary’s Flossmoor Campus had been reaching out along with the assistance of The Children’s Hunger Fund and Elim Christian Services to provide food and school supplies to several families in the community.
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We are representing first-generation Mongolian Christians here in the USA. This is a privilege and big responsibility to lead the Gospel among our people group. The power of the Holy Spirit is transforming the lives of many Mongolian believers.
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NorthShore Assembly of God in Skokie has always had a heart for the nations. Being a church where over 20 cultures are represented, it's part of the churches DNA. When Pastor Sangram Kodavatikanti started pastoring in January of 2017, he brought vision specifically for India.
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I would urge you today to hear the cry of church multiplication. We are completing the work together. The LORD may be assigning us to an area of revitalization, a place of repair. The Lord is calling others to build something totally new. The LORD is calling us to take all of Illinois and especially our world city, Chicago!
It is our desire to be a voice in our community. We are building on Pentecostal values and we will let the community know that God’s fire is still burning, and He wants them to be on fire for Him.
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“We had unchurched people who didn’t know they should not swear when coming to the prayer team with their requests at the end of service,” McCrink says. That first year, 35 people accepted Christ and 18 were baptized in water."
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I called him up and asked tons of questions. Eventually he said, “We just need to get the right campus pastor.” My heart sunk. Before I knew it, I shared that my wife and I have been praying for what God wanted us to do, and I believed this was it.
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