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OUTSIDE US AND CANADA
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Although I never heard of the PCA until around 1997(05/27), my uncle had been a pastor(teaching elder) in the PCA since 1982. After leaving the OPC in 1975 as described in townoak.com/us/churches/opc, he moved to an originally independent church New Life in Christ in Fredericksburg, VA. Likely very short after moving to that church he joined the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod as a teaching elder(TE) serving out-of-bounds(since his church was independent). The RPCES merged with the PCA in 1982(so my uncle did as well).
I took a snapshot of the PCA Church Directory on 2000(04/28), so that date is referenced a few times below.
PCA churches in the Chicago Area were originally part of the Presbytery of Northern Illinois(PNI). That presbytery originally included Northern Illinois and all of the state of Wisconsin. On 2005(07/01), the Chicago Metro Presbytery(CMP) and the Wisconsin Presbytery split off from the PNI.
A. Active PCA churches
(A1) First-Lansing(15760 Wolf Road) founded 1883 to PCA 2015.
(A2) Westminster-Elgin(2700 W. Highland Avenue) founded before 1957(05/12) as a RPCES church(it merged with the PCA when the RPCES merged with the PCA as
described above in 1982).
Pastor of Westminster around 2000(04/28) was Robert L. Clark, Jr.
(A3) Crete(24755 S. Country Lane) founded 1965 to PCA 2015.
(A4) Faith Community-West Chicago(910 Main Street) founded 1973 as RCA to PCA 2018.
(A5) Covenant-Chicago/Bucktown(2012 W. Dickens Avenue) founded as independent in 1981(08) to PCA around 1982(05/15).
Covenant's wikipedia page is Covenant Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Illinois). It has a
wikipedia page since it is in a historic church building.
Pastors have been Robert Augustus Cargo starting 1981, John Alexander Bash starting 1982,
David Charles Williams starting 1985,
and R. Aaron Baker starting 2005.
(A6) Naperville(943 Sanctuary Lane) founded 1984(06).
Pastors have been Michael Roy Marcey starting 1983, Darren Christopher Hodge starting 2006, and Dane Ortlund starting around 2020.
I first worshiped here in 1997.
Niel Nielson was a Ruling Elder at NPC in the early 1990s. Additional information on Niel
is at townoak.com/religiousleaders/joliverbuswell. Ted Powers was a TE at NPC in the early 1990s prior to
planting a daughter church for NPC known as Christ PCA in the Downers Grove area.
(A7) Christ-Roselle(903 E. Nerge Road) founded 1984.
Between around 1990 and 2019(07/01), CPC was called Spring Valley Presbyterian Church.
Pastors have been James William Phillis starting 1985, Thomas John Perrucci starting 1988, Paul Z. Winters starting 1994,
Donald Paul Johnson starting 2012, Jon Nielson starting 2017, and Pablo Herrera starting around 2022.
I first worshiped here in 1998. I was a member here from 2017(07/02) until 2021(01/06).
(A8) Lakeview-Vernon Hillse(1100 Lakeview Parkway) founded 1987.
Pastors have been David A. Geib starting 1987, Kent Torrey Hinkson starting 1996, R. Christopher Gearhart starting 2000,
Wendell Fraser (Bo) Collins III starting 2018, and David Jeffrey Schuman starting around 2022.
(A9) Bethel-Chicago/Portage Park(4901 W. Berenice Avenue) founded 1994(06).
Pastors have been Seesun Yoo, Joe Cristman, and Erik Oldfather.
Seesun had been in the Korean Central Presbytery prior to moving to the form the multi-ethnic Bethel.
That church planted a second daughter church now known as Bethel-Niles in Summer 2013(it moved to Niles in 2022 prior to that it was in Wheeling).
Seesun became the pastor of Bethel-Niles when that church formed.
More on Bethel's daughter churches below.
(A10) Peace Community-Frankfort(21300 S. La Grange Road) founded around 2000 to PCA 2015.
Pastor has been Kurt Kruger starting 2014 or earlier.
(A11) Grace-Winnetka(440 Ridge Avenue) founded 2001.
Founding pastor is William Allen James.
I attended that church the first time not long after it was formed, when it was meeting at the Episcopal Church(470 Maple Street) that site is now the offices for the Episcopal Church
known as Christ Church Winnetka(now meeting 784 Sheridan Rd), the pastor at the time I attended was Stuart Latimer. The worship leader was Jonathan Gilley.
The current pastor is Marshall Brown. Grace PCA
now has its own building at 440 Ridge Avenue which was formerly the Christian Science Church. Later I'll discuss some additional times I attend functions at Grace(some via zoom) around
2020 and 2021.
(A12) Living Hope-Chicago/Woodlawn(6414 S. Cottage Grove Avenue) founded around 2003.
It started as a second service for Bethel-Chicago/Portage Park. It then moved Chicago/Hyde Park(near Chicago/Woodlawn) at Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago.
At that time it was called
Bethel-UChicago. In 2010 it became a mission church and was renamed Living Hope.
Prior to around 2012 or 2013, the church
met at Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago(most of the time in a large room on the west side of the building on the main floor, a few times in a couple of other rooms in
the building).
Founding pastor is Brad Beier until 2023(01/15). Current pastor is Taylor Franchuk.
I was a member of Living Hope from 2012(09/09) until 2017(07/02)(when my membership was transferred
to what is currently known as Christ PCA-Roselle - around the time 2017(08/25) when my wife and I moved from Berwyn to Arlington Heights).
(A13) Trinity-Hinsdale(201 N. Oak Street) founded fall 2004.
Around the year 2000, Steve and Molly Preston,
then members of CPC-Downers had a vision for founding a church in their hometown(Hinsdale). Around earlier 2002, Ted Powers left as pastor of CPC-Downers to be on national PCA
staff. At first Ted and Ann went to Faith PCA in Lemont but eventually worked with the Prestons to form Trinity. A separate group from around Hinsdale also had a similar vision
around the same time, that group included at least some of the eventual first elders at Trinity, John Bone, Nathan O'Bryon, Tom Vanderveen, and Skip Heidler.
Trinity's first worship service was in fall of 2004. My wife and I started attending there in March/April 2005 and continued to do so regularly until 2012(09/09) and occasionally since then. They met first at Hinsdale Middle School(100 S. Garfield Street). Around 2007/2008 they moved to The Community House(415 W. 8th Street, Hinsdale). Around 2017/2018 they moved to there present location Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 201 N. Oak Street. The Trinity's church office is a house next-door at 427 E. Walnut Street. That house is owned by Trinity, it had formerly been owned by the Adventist Church.
Founding pastor is Phillip L. Haltom until 2008(05/04). Current pastor is Geoff M. Ziegler beginning 2009. Ted Powers was the main person who preached during the time between those two pastors.
(A14) Missio Dei-Chicago/Manhattan(360 S. Park Street) founded 2006 to PCA 2015.
Founding pastor is Paul Vroom. Current pastor is Michael Fenimore.
I worshiped here on 2020(08/09).
(A15) Ethos-Chicago/Lakeview(3745 N. Southport Avenue) founded 2008.
Founding pastor is Ron May. Current pastor is Jefferson Bennett.
I worshiped here on 2013(01/13), 2023(06/11), 2023(07/16), 2023(08/20), 2023(10/07), and 2023(12/03).
(A16) Lincoln Square-Chicago/Lincoln Square(4540 N. Campbell Avenue) founded 2009(09).
Founding and current pastor is Chad Lewis. I worshiped here on 2009(11/15) and 2025(01/06). My wife joined me in 2009. In 2007, when I
was working on Sunday mornings, a number of times, I went to a Thursday evening worship service led by Chad at Covenant PCA in Bucktown.
(A17) The Redemption-Lisle(850 Warrenville Road) founded 2010 in PCA Korean Central Presbytery to CMP 2019.
Lisle location sundays 10:30am, afternoon service at Covenant-Chicago/Bucktown at 1:30pm.
Founding and current pastor is Jong Park.
(A18) Bethel-Niles(8257 Harrison Street) founded summer 2013.
Moved to current location 2022(03). Prior to that met in Wheeling.
Founding and current pastor is Seesun Yoo.
I have been a member here since 2022(02/20).
(A19) Redemption-Orland Park(15760 Wolf Road) founded 2013/4.
Founding pastor is Nicholas Policow starting 2018. Current pastor is Caleb Hughes.
My wife and I worshiped here on 2015(04/19).
(A20) Covenant Fellowship-South Holland(15760 Wolf Road) founded 2015(08).
Founding and current pastor is Richard Zekveld.
I was here for the worship time before a presbytery meeting on 2025(02/19).
(A21) Boulevard-Oak Park(607 Harvard Street) founded 2017(09/24).
Founding and current pastor is Jeffrey Allen Schneider.
(A22) Christ-Wheaton(1300 Crescent Street) founded 2019.
Founding and current pastor is Jon Nielson.
(A23) Grace-Dyer, IN(10920 Calumet Avenue) founded 2020(07).
Meets at Illiana Christian High School(ARCC).
Founding and current pastor is John Rogers.
(A24) Redeemer-Lombard(10 E. 22nd Street) founded 2022.
Founding and current pastor is Joe Cristman.
Active PCA churches in the order in which they were formed
| Founded/Entered PCA | Name | Address | Phone Number | Pastor | 2000(04/28) Pastor | 2000(04/28) website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883 to PCA 2015 | First | 3134 Ridge Road, Lansing, IL | 708-474-9610 | |||
| 1957(05/12)
to PCA with RPCES 1982 | Westminster | 2700 W. Highland Avenue, Elgin, IL | 847-695-0311 | Robin Cho | Rev. Robert L. Clark, Jr. | |
| 1965 to PCA 2015 | Crete | 24755 S. Country Lane, Crete, IL | 708-672-5400 | Charles Brett Revlett | ||
| 1975 to PCA 2018 | Faith Community | 910 Main Street, West Chicago | 630-231-8230 | Rhett Austin | ||
| 1981(08) to PCA ~1982(05/15) | Covenant | 2012 W. Dickens Avenue, Chicago, IL | 773-486-9590 | R. Aaron Baker | David C. Williams | covenant-chicago.org |
| 1984(06) | Naperville | 943 Sanctuary Lane, Naperville, IL | 630-961-0579 | Dane Ortlund | Michael R. Marcey | same as now |
| 1984 | Christ (known as Spring Valley ~1990-2019(06/30)) | 903 E. Nerge Road, Roselle, IL
(1996(06/15) address was 109 S. Roselle Rd, Suite 204, Schaumburg, IL) | 630-980-4450 | Pablo Herrera | Paul Z. Winters(1995-2011) | nww.interopolis.com/svpc |
| 1987 | Lakeview | 1100 Lakeview Parkway, Vernon Hills, IL | 847-680-7940 | David Jeffrey Schuman | Kent T. Hinkson | lakeviewpresbyterian.com |
| 1994(06) | Bethel | 4901 W. Berenice Avenue, Chicago, IL (2000(04/28) address was 8007 W. Churchill #2 Niles IL) | 256-975-3923 (former phone number 773-202-7900) (2000(04/28) phone number was 847-583-1123) |
Erik Oldfather
| Seesun Yoo - Korean Central Presbytery(see niles below) | |
| ~2000 to PCA 2015 | Peace Community | 21300 S. La Grange Road, Frankfort, IL | 815-469-2868 | Kurt Kruger | ||
| ~2002 | Grace North Shore | 440 Ridge Avenue, Winnetka, IL | 847-920-9517 | Marshall Brown | ||
| 2003 | Living Hope planted by Bethel | 6414 S. Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, IL | 708-280-8779 | Taylor Franchuk | ||
| Fall 2004 | Trinity planted by two couples from Christ-Downers and others | 427 E. Walnut St, Hinsdale, IL | 630-286-9303 | Geoff M. Ziegler | ||
| 2006 to PCA 2015 | Missio Dei planted by Peace Community | 360 S. Park Street, Manhattan, IL | 815-690-6084 | Mr. Michael Fenimore | ||
| ~2008 | Ethos | 2433 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL | 773-935-9758 | Jefferson Bennett | ||
| 2009(09) | Lincoln Square planted by Covenant | 4635 N. Rockwell Street, Chicago, IL | 773-677-7782 | Chad Lewis | ||
| 2010 to CMP 2019 | The Redemption Church | 850 Warrenville Rd, Lisle, IL | 847-984-0872 | Jong Park | ||
| Summer 2013 | Bethel planted by Bethel-Chicago | 8257 Harrison St, Niles, IL 60714 | 773-202-7900 | Seesun Yoo | ||
| 2013-2014 | Redemption planted by Trinity | 12642 Massasoit Ave, Palos Heights, IL | 708-480-2969 | Caleb Hughes | ||
| 2015(08) | Covenant Fellowship | 600 W. 162nd St, South Holland, IL | 708-821-9637 | Richard Zekveld | ||
| 2017(09/24) | Boulevard Presbyterian Church planted by Covenant and Lincoln Square | 607 Harvard Street, Oak Park, IL | 708-860-6747 | Jeffrey Allen Schneider | ||
| 2019 | Christ | 1300 Crescent Street, Wheaton, IL | 630-331-7277 | Jon Nielson | ||
| 2020(07) | Grace | 10920 Calumet Avenue, Dyer, IN | 206-409-0087 | John Rogers | ||
| 2022 | Redeemer Presbyterian Church | 10 E. 22nd Street, Lombard, IL | 630-313-9437 | Joe Cristman |
I. Inactive PCA churches
(I1) Covenant PCA in Hammond, IN founded 1929. disbanded sometime later that 2019(03/27). The church's history dates back to 1929 but I believe it came to the PCA around 2005(07/01)
when the Chicago Metro Presbytery(CMP) broke away from the Presbytery of Northern Illinois(PNI).
(I2) Grace-Lansing(2740 Indiana Avenue) founded 1937(11/24) as RCA to PCA 2014(10/30) left PCA 2023(02/12).
Pastor is still part of the PCA.
D2 Grace Lansing
Grace Church – Chicago Metro
Leroy Childress, 2018-19ff.
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(I3) Christ-Downers Grove(699 Plainfield Road) founded 1993(03/16) existed until 2006. CPC-Downers met at two locations, 8300 Lemont Road in Darien prior to August of 2000 and Prairieview Elementary School starting in August 2000. Prairieview Elementary School is at 699 Plainfield Road, Downers Grove. When the church met at 8300 Lemont Road, that site housed Prairieview's predecessor school 'Center Cass School.' Center Cass School District 66. The church office was at 6912 Main Street, Suite 27, Downers Grove. Around the year 2000, they purchased property in Woodridge, we had one evening prayer gathering at an old farmhouse that was on the property. Later the property was sold and houses built on it on a new street called Carl Court.
chicagotribune.com/2004/05/12/how-to-reach-your-local-churches-and-temples says 2004(05/12) the church was meeting in a storefront at 3520 Seven Bridges Drive across Route 53 from the property they owned. For a while before the church disbanded, the members of CPC-Downers worshipped together at Naperville PCA and did some activities together hoping to relaunch CPC-Downers.
Edward Winship (Ted) Powers was the founding pastor of CPC-Downers and remained pastor there until late in the year 2000 when he became head of church planting for the National PCA. At the presbytery meeting on 2019(05/15) it was announced that Ted was retiring from the National PCA position and becoming missions pastor at Trinity PCA-Hinsdale where he and his family had attended since that churches forming(more on that below).
(I4) Tyler Creek-Lake in the Hills(1301 Pyott Road) founded around 1998.
The pastor was Robert M. Allums. He later was "A Praying Life Director" at seejesus.net.
(I5) Triumph PCA Bolingbrook founded 1999(04/29), while that church still exists, it is no longer PCA. The Chicago Metro Presbytery separated them from the PCA between 2010 and 2020 when the Presbytery's attempts to contact them went unanswered. The pastor of Triumph was Weldon H. Williams, Jr., he remained pastor there until around 2024. One of the groups he was involved with around 2024 is missionusa.com a ministry for ex-offenders. Weldon is African-American. Search for Weldon here from info on the presbytery meeting of the Metro Atlanta Presbytery when he was transferred to the Northern Illinois Presbytery.
(I6) Living Waters-Addison founded around 2000. Dissolved around 2017. More as a Filipino ministry than a regular church. The pastor was Daniel E. Arciaga. I started attending CPC-Downers in Fall 1996. At that time Danny and his family were primarily attending there. They eventually started attending College Church in Wheaton. In addition Living Waters' Filipino ministries such as AWANA, Danny also had some roles at the Presbytery including the Mission to North America(MNA) Committee of the Presbytery.
(I7) Hop-Arlington Heights(3365 N. Arlington Heights Road) founded around 2000. Dissolved around 2000.
(I8) New Community-Plainfield(506 W. Lockport Road #3) planted by NPC, pastor D. DeWayne Rush. Dewayne invited me to a presbytery meeting in Normal, IL around 2001(more on that later).
(I9) Faith Community PCA in Lemont(238 Main Street, Suite 2A Lemont IL) planted by CPC-Downers, pastor Christopher(Chris) M. Yadron. Chris spoke up for me at the presbytery meeting in Normal, IL.
(I10) Cityview PCA in Chicago existed from 2003(02/02)
(I11) Nueva Esperanza(New Hope)-Wheaton(1825 College Avenue) formed 2011 existed until 2017 or later.
Inactive PCA churches in the order in which they were formed
| Founded/Entered PCA | Name | Address | Phone Number | Pastor | 2000(04/28) Pastor | 2000(04/28) website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005(07/01) to CMP - later than 2019(03/27) | Covenant archived website | 6709 Arizona Avenue, Hammond, IN | 219-844-7028 | James A. Thomson cpchammond@att.net | ||
| 1937(11/24) to PCA 2014(10/30) - 2023(02/12) | Grace | 2740 Indiana Avenue, Lansing, IL | 708-474-0180 | Leroy Childress | ||
| 1993(03/16) - 2006 | Christ planted by Naperville | 6912 Main Street, Suite 27, Downers Grove, IL | 630-241-3272 | Edward Winship (Ted) Powers | archived from 2002 | |
| ~1998 - 2003 | Tyler Creek | PO Box 681, West Dundee, IL | 847-458-0644 | Robert M. Allums | tylercreek.org | |
| 1999(04/29) - ~2015 | Triumph Community | 341 Remington Boulevard | 630-759-7649 | Weldon H. Williams, Jr. | ||
| ~2000 - 2017 | Living Waters planted by Christ-Downers | PO Box 126, Addison, IL | 630-833-4749 | Daniel E. Arciaga | ||
| ~2000 - ~2000 | Hope | 3365 N. Arlington Heights Road Arlington Heights IL | 847-506-9110 | |||
| ~2000 - ~2000 | New Community planted by Naperville | 506 W. Lockport Road #3 Plainfield IL | 815-439-8156 | D. DeWayne Rush | ||
| ~2000 - ~2000 | Faith Community planted by Christ-Downers | 238 Main Street, Suite 2A Lemont IL | 630-243-9790 | Christopher M. Yadron | ||
| 2003(02/02) - ~2015 | Cityview | Chicago | ||||
| 2011 - 2017 or later | Nueva Esperanza(New Hope) nesperanza.org | 1825 College Avenue, Wheaton, IL | 630-903-7867 | Alberto Guarra aguerra@nesperanza.org |
More in-depth info on some of the above churches
I started attending at CPC-Downers in the fall of 1996. Ted Powers shared a story from somewhere between 1993 and 1996. He said that while they were trying to invite people to CPC-Downers, they heard that Monte Larrick the news person on Moody Radio was from Bolingbrook(near Downers Grove), possibly also that he might be looking for a church. So the church contacted him to let him know about the church. Monte and Miriam Larrick started attending CPC-Downers and did so for years. Related to that, a other couple that had shows on Moody Radio and lived in Bolingbrook started attending CPC-Downers. That couple was Chris and Andrea Fabry.
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| Christ PCA Downers Grove area - where I became a member in 1998 |
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