Metro Chicago Faith News
Volunteers responded to the shutdown with a mix of emotions...
Coronavirus forces Kendall County PADS to close shelters but not hearts to homeless
By Tom SiebertYORKVILLE, Ill., March 23, 2020 — The rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic forced Kendall County PADS to abruptly cut short its tenth shelter season by about one month, butRead More
Discussion and prayer for the multi-ethnic church in Chicagoland
World Relief luncheon discusses multi-ethnic churches
WHEATON, Ill., Feb. 20, 2020 — On Thursday, Feb. 20, church leaders came to a World Relief – DuPage/Aurora luncheon at Faith Covenant Church, Wheaton. Keith Draper, World Relief –Read More
A 37-year military veteran, Petraeus was appointed director of the Central Intelligence Agency by President Barack Obama in July 2011.
Gen. David Petraeus to speak at Judson University’s World Leaders Forum
By Tom Siebert ELGIN, Ill., Feb. 8, 2020 — Former CIA Director David H. Petraeus, a retired four-star general who commanded U.S. forces in both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars,Read More
Editor's Links of Interest
Pacific Garden Mission Serves Thanksgiving Dinner For 1,000 People: ‘I’m So Grateful To Be Here’ – WBBM News Radio
Pacific Garden Mission cooked Thanksgiving meal for 1,000 of its residents experiencing homelessness or addiction. Source: Pacific Garden Mission Serves Thanksgiving Dinner For 1,000 People: ‘I’m So Grateful To BeRead More
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Rev. Clay Evans, civil rights leader, evangelical broadcaster and gospel icon, dies at 94 – Chicago Sun-Times
Rev. Clay Evans was “a prophet, a priest, and a pastor to both parishioners and pastors,” said U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) Source: Rev. Clay Evans, civil rights leader, evangelicalRead More
The report by Chicago-based law firm Wagenmaker & Oberly pinned...
Report pins Harvest’s ‘massive corporate governance failure’ on former pastor
by: Kit DoyleCHICAGO, Nov. 22, 2019 (RNS) — A “massive corporate governance failure apparently developed over several years” at Harvest Bible Chapel primarily because of its former senior pastor, JamesRead More
City reverses course... now funding UYM.
Aurora Mayor Irvin gives $20K in grants to Wayside’s UYM and Agape Connection
Aurora, Ill., Nov. 23, 2019 — Yesterday, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin announced, in a media briefing, the distribution of two grants by the city of $10,000 each for Wayside CrossRead More