it's official: a 3rd campus for CLC!
At last it can be told: I just now hung up the telephone, and this morning we 'officially' acquired our 3rd campus - in South Bend, IN!
Many of you know John Nordstrom, Sr. who has served on our Board of Directors since it's estabishment in 1993. John & his wife Phyllis have been in pastoral ministry for over 40 years, most recently serving Christian Tabernacle in South Bend. At our CLC Directors meetings this past April, he asked to have a private breakfast with me, and there he related his desire to retire from the senior pastorate (he's 67 years old) and move to southern Illinois to assist his son Philip, who is leading a growing church in Murphrysboro, near the SIU campus. Then he dropped the bombshell: would we consider taking over the South Bend congregation as our third campus?
Our of my love and respect for John, I promised to pray - although I confessed that while the "multi-site" approach is definitely our vision for CLC, I had never considered the idea of taking over an existing congregation, and certainly not one 90 miles away!
Over the past 4 months we've had much prayer, discussion, meetings and visits with our staff, his leaders, and even a congregational visit a few weeks ago. All of us have come to the conclusion that this is indeed a "God-thing" and that we were simply being obedient.
So today, they decided t0 offically dissolve their corporation (this is a church that's been in existence for over 40 years!) and transfer all their assets to CLC, in order to fully become a part of our family: "one church, multiple locations"!
I'll have more to day in the days ahead, and we're planning some opportunities for all of us to meet together soon so you can see the newest part of our growing family. I can tell you that the South Bend campus is about 125-strong, and is already multicultural, with at least 3 or 4 African nations represented in the congregation. The folks who are already there will become our "launch team", as we spend the next several months training & preparing them for a major "grand RE-opening" in January of 2008, when we hope to see over 400 people in attendance!
If you're a part of our Shorewood or Tinley Park campuses, and you feel the Holy Spirit nudging you to be a part of helping us on the ground floor of this new venture, we certainly welcome your involvement. Just shoot me an email or talk to us at any upcoming service.
How do you spell a-c-c-e-l-e-r-a-t-e?
Many of you know John Nordstrom, Sr. who has served on our Board of Directors since it's estabishment in 1993. John & his wife Phyllis have been in pastoral ministry for over 40 years, most recently serving Christian Tabernacle in South Bend. At our CLC Directors meetings this past April, he asked to have a private breakfast with me, and there he related his desire to retire from the senior pastorate (he's 67 years old) and move to southern Illinois to assist his son Philip, who is leading a growing church in Murphrysboro, near the SIU campus. Then he dropped the bombshell: would we consider taking over the South Bend congregation as our third campus?
Our of my love and respect for John, I promised to pray - although I confessed that while the "multi-site" approach is definitely our vision for CLC, I had never considered the idea of taking over an existing congregation, and certainly not one 90 miles away!
Over the past 4 months we've had much prayer, discussion, meetings and visits with our staff, his leaders, and even a congregational visit a few weeks ago. All of us have come to the conclusion that this is indeed a "God-thing" and that we were simply being obedient.
So today, they decided t0 offically dissolve their corporation (this is a church that's been in existence for over 40 years!) and transfer all their assets to CLC, in order to fully become a part of our family: "one church, multiple locations"!
I'll have more to day in the days ahead, and we're planning some opportunities for all of us to meet together soon so you can see the newest part of our growing family. I can tell you that the South Bend campus is about 125-strong, and is already multicultural, with at least 3 or 4 African nations represented in the congregation. The folks who are already there will become our "launch team", as we spend the next several months training & preparing them for a major "grand RE-opening" in January of 2008, when we hope to see over 400 people in attendance!
If you're a part of our Shorewood or Tinley Park campuses, and you feel the Holy Spirit nudging you to be a part of helping us on the ground floor of this new venture, we certainly welcome your involvement. Just shoot me an email or talk to us at any upcoming service.
How do you spell a-c-c-e-l-e-r-a-t-e?
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