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Elgin Evangelical Free Church
History:
In 1894, a group of Elgin farmers had a vision to start an independent Sunday School and Bible Church to preach and teach God’s word. They began meeting where the Illinois Park School is located today. The name of the church was the Illinois Park Union Chapel. One year later, a “little white church” was built at 1405 Wing Street where it served as their church home for the next 87 years.
In 1958, the Illinois Park Union Chapel was accepted into the Evangelical Free Church of America. Initially, it was known as the Illinois Park Evangelical Free Church, but later the name was changed to the Elgin Evangelical Free Church to reflect its vision to reach a growing city with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Along with a larger vision came a larger congregation and in 1985 a new church was built on Big Timber Road.
For more than one hundred years, this body of believers has been committed to the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to the authority of the Scriptures as the complete revelation of God’s will for the salvation of men and the final authority for all faith and life. This commitment is expressed through our mission statement and our new logo.
The mission of the Elgin Evangelical Free Church is to impact our world for Jesus Christ by loving God, loving people and making disciples. The new logo captures the essence of our mission:
The Bible is God’s word and the foundation for what we believe and how we live.
The Cross of Jesus stands at the center of the gospel we believe and preach.
People are the object of God’s love and we are to love them with the love of Christ.
Our mission and logo are based on the teachings of Jesus found in the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. Jesus said…
“’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” Matthew 22:38-39
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20.
In 1894, a group of Elgin farmers had a vision to start an independent Sunday School and Bible Church to preach and teach God’s word. They began meeting where the Illinois Park School is located today. The name of the church was the Illinois Park Union Chapel. One year later, a “little white church” was built at 1405 Wing Street where it served as their church home for the next 87 years.
In 1958, the Illinois Park Union Chapel was accepted into the Evangelical Free Church of America. Initially, it was known as the Illinois Park Evangelical Free Church, but later the name was changed to the Elgin Evangelical Free Church to reflect its vision to reach a growing city with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Along with a larger vision came a larger congregation and in 1985 a new church was built on Big Timber Road.
For more than one hundred years, this body of believers has been committed to the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to the authority of the Scriptures as the complete revelation of God’s will for the salvation of men and the final authority for all faith and life. This commitment is expressed through our mission statement and our new logo.
The mission of the Elgin Evangelical Free Church is to impact our world for Jesus Christ by loving God, loving people and making disciples. The new logo captures the essence of our mission:
The Bible is God’s word and the foundation for what we believe and how we live.
The Cross of Jesus stands at the center of the gospel we believe and preach.
People are the object of God’s love and we are to love them with the love of Christ.
Our mission and logo are based on the teachings of Jesus found in the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. Jesus said…
“’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” Matthew 22:38-39
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20.