This article by John Lanferman was published in The Link, a NewfrontiersUSA publication. John is the team leader for NewfrontiersUSA. Read The Link here. One of the great questions we often ask is “are leaders born or made?” The answer is both. It is evident that some people seem to demonstrate a natural gift of leadership. […]

On Sunday December 5 Destination Church Chicago welcomes special guest speaker John Lanferman. John oversees the Newfrontiers family of churches in the USA and is based in Jubilee Church St. Louis. John is a good friend of ours and has been an enormous help in the initiation and formation of the church. John will be here […]

One of the greatest experiences we share each year is moving our Sunday church gathering to St. Louis for the weekend! The MobiliseUSA students and twenties conference is not to be missed. This event is a fantastic group weekend get away. We have fun, we bond, we grow, we re-energize and we mobilize! Don’t wait, get […]

Starting new churches is in vogue right now. Have we started Destination Church Chicago because it’s the cool thing to do? What is our motivation? What drives us and holds us together? What helps us maintain our focus on the mission of God and not get sidetracked? What is our history? How are we connected, […]

This year we are moving our Sunday gathering on June 6 to join with like-minded churches for a time of celebration and envisioning. One of our values at Destination is that we love starting and growing churches. We have a HUGE vision to plant reproducing churches in the top 100 cities of the USA. It […]

In 2009 we started something very cool! A month long internship focused on evangelism. We gathered 8 young guys from around the US and hit the streets (in a positive way). We surveyed close to 600 people and had incredible opportunities to pray and share. Those who participated experienced one of the hardest 4 weeks […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Against the backdrop of church decline in our nation, with 3,750 churches closing each year and 80% of churches plateaued or decreasing in size, students and twenties are experiencing a renewed passion for Jesus and for church planting. With this in mind NewfrontiersUSA hosts the annual MobiliseUSA conference to gather students and twenties for worship, […]