On Sunday Dec 6th, Destination Church in Chicago will be proud to welcome John Lanferman as our guest speaker. John oversee’s our church planting efforts in the USA and travels extensively to initiate and strengthen churches. Dec 6th is a Sunday that you don’t want to accidentally set your alarm for PM rather than AM — don’t […]
Collecting Non-perishables & Personal Care Items
Vital Bridges, a Chicago organization, is leading the fight against HIV/AIDS, helping low-income men, women, and children. This year, they will work to provide half a million meals to people in desperate need. But, they can’t reach that goal without our help! Our very own Kez Gerdel of Rowe-Clark Math & Science Academy (a Charter […]
Chicago Church Now On Facebook
Destination Church in Chicago is now on Facebook! Did you catch that? We have an awesome Facebook page thanks to our very own social media guru Joshua MacFarlane. There are a few things you can do to help us spread the word and get more fans: Become a fan yourself at: //www.facebook.com/ourdestination Tweet the above URL […]
Our Vision For Students & Twenties
We plan to inspire college students and twenties to have a life vision for starting new churches. Doing ministry on campus has to ultimately be about the future. Chicago is an influential city that impacts the future of the region, country and world. Reaching students and giving them a passion for church planting is one […]
How do you measure generosity?
How do you measure generosity? Is bigger and more expensive more generous? Is it the intent that is important or the dollar value? In the Gospel of Mark chapter 12 Jesus purposefully watches how much money people were putting in the offering. He records that many wealthy people were putting in large sums. The whole […]
Prayer at Destination
This past Sunday at Destination Church we looked at week 5 of our current series: What Does It Take To Start A Church? We tackled the subject of prayer which you can download or listen to here. It doesn’t matter who you are, you will one day face a situation that will make you realize your […]
Emmaus Immersion Night Nov 13
At Destination Church in Chicago we value the people of the city. That’s why on Friday November 13th, 7pm-2am we are participating in an Immersion Night with Emmaus ministries to learn about their work among male prostitutes. The issue of male prostitution in our city is often overlooked, especially by churches, and it’s something that […]
Our Work in Zimbabwe
Destination Church is proud to be part of an expanding international church planting movement called Newfrontiers — currently over 600 churches worldwide. Our work in Africa presents great opportunities for collaboration, faith and generosity. Zimbabwe specifically has suffered through turmoil for many years. This ongoing struggle reached a climax at the end of 2008. The Newfrontiers […]
Budget Seminar November 7
Most people are in debt and most don’t track their spending and therefore have no way of controlling their money. To put it bluntly, this means that most people are controlled by money. Now, people don’t walk around saying that, but the honest truth is, if you don’t have a plan for how to spend your money, […]
Brunch on Sunday (No Service)
At Destination Church we think that people are awesome! That is actually one of our core values. In fact, spending time together and just simply having a good time is essential to building community and getting to know each other. People are our passion. There really is nothing else quite like people. We are therefore […]