Why Do We Need More Churches in Chicago?

• More than 6 million of the 9.3 million people living in the Chicagoland area still need to know Christ personally.

• New church plants are more than 3 times more effective in seeing people come to know Christ. Many language groups do not have churches in their own language.

• We need 3726 more churches in the Chicagoland area just to reach one church for every 1000 people; not even the national average of one church for every 909 people.

Download "The Need for Church Planting in Chicagoland"

If you are considering starting a new church...

• You might want to take some time to pray and work through a self-assessment guide.  You might also like to download the Answer Sheet on which to record your answers.  Go to www.aacconsulting.com/DTAnswerSheet.doc.
  
• You & your spouse (if applicable) might be interested in our First Steps weekend experience to discern your call more clearly. (Download the Assessment Package - 1.4 MB)
  
• After that, you might consider attending a Church Planter Basic Traing Journey event.  In preparation for that, please download the BTJ Preparation Guide and work through Straight Street.
  

If you are interested in partnering with a new church...

• List of new churches (click on the church name for more info)
  
• Church planters' prayer requests
  
• List of church planters (click on the church planter's name for more info)