Church List
Looking to get plugged into a church here at college? Here is a listing of some area churches that IV'ers have attended.
| Name of Church Address/Worship Times/How to Get There |
Brief Church Description | Church Contact Info Student Contact Info |
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Bethel Christian Church 4901 W. Bernice, Chicago Worship at 10, weekly lunch follows Campus Worship at U of C at 1PM Call Brad Bier for a ride |
Contemporary worship, multiethnic community. Get involved through the worship team, children's ministry, discipleship classes, etc. |
773.202.7900 www.bethelcc.net contact: Pastor Brad Bier 708.280.8779 |
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Bethel Presbyterian Church 4240 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago Worship at 9:30 Shuttle from Sargent 8:55 and Plex 9:05 |
Connecting people with the Lord and other believers, impacting the Chicago-land area, and replicating Christian leaders. |
773.545.2222 contact: Pastor Henry bethelempastor@gmail.com |
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Canaan English Chapel 1245 Greenwood Ave., Glenview Worship at 9:45 Shuttle from Plex at 9:15 and Sheridan Rd. by Sargent lot at 9:20 |
Contemporary worship, approximately 80-120 college students and young adults. Ways to get involved: Harvest small groups, prayer meetings, teaching Sunday School, quarterly colege group activities |
847.657.8078 http://www.canaan.org/ english/cec/cec.html |
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Chinese Christian Fellowship Church 3636 Illinois Rd., Wilmette Sunday School at 9:30, Worship at 11 (English); Worship at 9:30, Sunday School at 11 (Mandarin) Shuttle from Plex 8:50 and Sargent 9:00 |
A small local Chinese church in Wilmette, with nice English fellowship and college Sunday school. Lunch served afterwards. |
847.251.4860 www.ccfc-web.org |
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Church of the Redeemer Northwestern Services at Garrett Chapel on campus, 2121 Sheridan Road Sept. 17th service: 6:30pm, Rest of the year: 5pm |
Church of the Redeemer is an anciently rooted, evangelical oriented congregation connected to the Anglican Mission in America. Traditional but not boring, passionate but not lame. |
http://groups.northwestern.edu/cotr contact: Mike Niebauer niebauer@gmail.com 847.644.9679 |
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CNSCCC 2401 Kirchoff Rd., Roling Meadows Worship at 11:15 |
An intergenerational Asian-American English ministry |
847.222.9722 |
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Cornerstone Mission Church 203 E. Camp McDonald Rd. Prospect Heights Worship at 10 |
312.231.4795 contact: Pastor Steve Kim http://www.CMClife.org |
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Evangelical Taiwan Church 9800 Crawford Ave., Skokie Morning Prayer at 9:30, Adult Sunday School at 10:30, Worship at 11:45 Shuttle from Sargent/Plex 9:15 (Pr.), 10:15 (S. School), or 11:30 (Service) |
A Christ-centered church with Mandarin and English services. Lunch is served afterwards. |
847.677.2942 contact: Tina Ho j-ho-1@northwestern.edu 847.332.6411 |
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Evanston Baptist Church Meets at 1601 Sherman Ave. Bible Study at 9:30, Worship at 10:45 Walking Distance |
Sound doctrine, lively sermons. Hymns accompanied by guitar and piano. |
847.328.3996 www.evanstonbaptist church.org contact: Mark Coppenger mcoppenger@kairosjournal.org |
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Evanston Bible Fellowship Meets at Century Movie Theater (1715 Maple Ave.) Worship at 10 Walking Distance |
Multiethnic, contemporary style worship that includes a mix of modern songs and once in a while a nice hymn. The church has a mix of college students and families. Excellent sermons and excellent worship. |
847.328.5858 www.ebf-church.org |
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First Evangelical Free Church 5249 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago Worship at 9 and 11 Shuttle from Plex 10:20 and Sargent 10:30 |
Multiethnic; contemporary-style worship, city-focused ministry. Affiliated with Breakthrough Urban ministries, a Chicago-based Christian organization that serves the homeless and disadvantaged youth. |
773.561.4175 www.first-free.com |
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First Presbyterian 1427 Chicago Ave. Worship at 9:15 and 11 Walking Distance |
Traditional worship style although they incorporate a few contemporary worship songs. College Class at meets at 10am. See receptionist for directions to classroom. |
847.864.1427 www.firstpresevanston.org contact: Andy Bilhorn (staff) bilhand@iit.edu contact: Allen Wakabayashi (staff) allen.mitsuo@gmail.com |
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Grace Community Church 700 N. Schoenbeck, Prospect Hts. Auditorium @ MacArthur Middle School Worship at 10:30 |
Contemporary worship, mostly Asian-American young professionals and families. Offers many opportunities for students to serve in worship, Sunday School and other ministries. |
847.840.5131 www.iGraceCommunity.org |
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Hebron Presbyterian Church 511 Schoenbeck, Prospect Hts. Worship at 11 |
English ministry of a 1st generation Korean-American church. Contemporary worship. |
847.630.7733 www.hebroncommunity.org |
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Korean Church of Chicago 1500 W. Algonquin Rd. Worship at 10 Contact Jimmy Cheon for rides |
Fairly small family church, contemporary worship style, EM pastor is a professor at Trinity seminary, very new ministry so plenty of ways to get involved! Not limited at all to the Korean community. | 847.359.1522 |
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Lakeview English Congregation 950 Northbrook Ave. Northbrook, IL Worship at 10, College Group at 11:45 Van pick-up from Plex, Sargent 9:30 |
Lakeview aspires to awaken everyday people to live in God's radical love. we want you to experience relevant biblical teaching, dynamic worship, and authentic friendships. |
847.966.1553 www.elakeview.org contact: Mike Yeh 847.480.2900 mikeyeh2004@yahoo.com |
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New Community Covenant Church Meets at Inner City Impact 3327 W. Fullerton Ave. Ministry Center at 2843 W. Diversey Ave. Worship at 10:30 |
Multiethnic; contemporary worship, focus on passionate and radical living for Christ. Ways to get involved: community groups, homeless ministry, choir, praise band. Popular among IVCF students (and not just from Northwestern!). |
773.235.2600 www.thenewcom.com directions: www.thenewcom.com/ sundayworship.htm contact: Andy Kim (IV staff) Andykim@ivstaff.org |
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Reba Place Church 620 Madison St. Service at 10 Just off the Main El Stop |
Unique charismatic worship. A strong sense of how to live out the gospel as a community. Mennonite in background, but services are a blend of traditions. |
contact: Roselyn Wilson 224.595.5989 |
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Restoration Community Church Wheeling, IL Worship at 10 Contact Pat Min for rides |
Predominantly Korean-American congregation. Formerly the English ministry of Antioch Bible Church. | www.restorationcommunity.org |
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Sheil Catholic Center 2110 Orrington Ave. Mass at 9:30, 11, 5, 9; Daily at 4:30 Walking Distance (on campus) |
Northwestern's Newman Center: Roman Catholic center. A mixture of students, faculty and people from Evanston. Offers many opportunities for students to get involved with the Catholic/Christian community here on campus. |
847.328.4648 www.sheil.northwestern.edu |
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Sojourners Covenant Church 1101 Church St., Evanston(ETHS) Worship at 10:30 Walking Distance |
A new season of ministry in a historic church. Inter-generational, Multi-cultural, Christ-centered. |
847.864.0365 www.sojournercov.org contact: Nils Peterson nilspeterson@sbcglobal.net |
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Vineyard Christian Fellowship 2495 Howard St. Worship at 9 & 11 Sun eve. At 6 pm Shuttle from Plex 10:15 |
Interdenominational and focused on evangelism and reconciliation. A very free and energetic atmosphere with mostly contemporary worship. |
847.328.4544 www.evanstonvineyard.org contact: Emery Silva (IV staff) Emery_silva@ivstaff.org |
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The Worship Center 2101 Dempster St. Worship at 10:45 Shuttle from Plex/Elder 10:30 |
A multiethnic, loving, hospitable, full-Gospel, ministry of excellence that is open to the moving of the Holy Spirit. |
847.492.1707 www.twcministries.org contact: Emnet Gebrehiiwet e-gebrehiiwet @northwestern.edu |
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