The Central Ministry Center is a diverse group of committed disciples representing twenty villages in the near Western suburbs.  With about 300 meeting each Sunday, our group maintains a deep intimacy through our House Churches, which meet regularly throughout our geographic area.

A couple of years ago, we engaged in a collaborative study of the New Testament to determine God's purposes for our church.  We came up with these five reasons that the church exists.

1. To Exalt God and His Son.
2. To Envelope People in a Loving Family
3. To Educate each member to maturity in Christ
4. To Empower each member for a personal ministry
5. To Evangelize our area of Chicago and Beyond

Our commitment is to live out these purposes.  We have a very committed Worship Team which has led a two year time of Worship Renewal focusing on more intimate, vertical worship.  We have taught new songs and new styles, and are striving to help each member be more passionate and connective in their own personal worship.

We build family through our House Churches, groups of 10-30 disciples who meet regularly in homes to share meals, study the scriptures, and enjoy rich fellowship.  In addition, we encourage each member to be involved in a discipling relationship, either one on one or in small groups, where more personal needs can be met.

To educate each member to maturity, we enjoy deep Bible Study taught by our evangelists, elder, and teachers, normally on Wednesday nights.  To facilitate our maximum attendance, we typically alternate men's and women's groups.  Our outstanding Children's program, Kingdom Kids, begins at infancy and teaches our kids up through grade six.  Our very active pre-teen, young teen and teen ministries continue to provide teaching and guidance as our young people navigate the challenging years of middle and high school.

To empower our members, we conducted a Spiritual Gift Workshop, where we strove to help each of our members discover or rediscover their spiritual gifts in order to put them to work in God's Kingdom.  We will be conducting those periodically as more disciples are added to our number.  A number of new groups emerged from our first session, and we continue to seek out ways to use our individual talents to glorify God.

While we embrace our primary purpose of glorifying God, we are also very committed to the clear mission of each disciple - to make disciples.  We have a clear, methodical series of studies that is available to anyone who wants to know more about what we believe and teach, the Journey Bible Study Series.  We believe that in loving God and loving our neighbors we come closest to being the congregation that God intends.