Our FIVE Mission Areas
The Chicago Central District is comprised of 12 counties in the northeast portion of the state of Illinois. These counties have been organized into 5 Mission Areas based on the church’s geographic location. We currently have identified 167 communities, neighborhoods, villages or towns on the CCD where we do not have a mission point or a church. As you browse through our existing churches, please breathe a prayer the Lord will help us to multiply (Mark 4:20, 26-29)! We also encourage you to get to know the churches within your Mission Area location.
Because of their language context, we also have another unique group of churches we resource: Hispanic Churches. We list Hispanic churches separately as a group, but also include them in the 5 Mission Areas listing so everyone can learn their location on our District.
Each Mission Area has a leader who assists our District Superintendent in building a sense of community and camaraderie among the pastors of that mission area and serving as a communications bridge between the local congregations and the District.
NORTH/Northwest MISSION AREA
Doug Ward
North/Northwest Mission Area Leader
(McHenry, Lake, Kane & DuPage Counties, Cook County North - not in the city of Chicago)
MISSION AREA
Population:
3,524,656
Unreached:
1,762,328
Unreached towns, click here.
Churches on the North/Northwest Mission Area (22)
Hispanic Churches on the North Mission Area:
Chicago Mission Area
Betsy & Dave Scott
Chicago Mission Area Leaders
(City of Chicago, in Cook County)
MISSION AREA
Population:
2,731,911
Unreached:
1,365,955
Unreached towns and neighborhoods, click here.
Churches on the
Chicago Mission Area (12)
Hispanic Churches on the Chicago Mission Area:
South/Southwest mission area
Jared Richey
Planting Leader
(Kendall, Will and Grundy Counties and Cook County not in Chicago)
MISSION AREA
Population:
2,253,265
Unreached:
1,126,632
Unreached towns and communities, click here.
Central Mission Area
Ken Bushey
Central Mission Area Leader
(Kankakee County)
MISSION AREA
Population:
112,991
Unreached:
57,070
Unreached communities and towns, click here.
Churches on the
Central Mission Area (16)
Southern MIssion Area
Dave Anderson
Southern Mission Area Leader
Jeremy Mclaughlin
Planting Leader
(Ford, Iroquois and Vermillion Counties)
MISSION AREA
Population:
96,859
Unreached:
53,587
Unreached towns and communities, click here.
Hispanic/Latino churches
Edy De Leon
Hispanic Ministries Coordinator
Jose Alfaro
Hispanic Mission Area Leader
MISSION AREA
Population:
1,400,000
Unreached:
700,000
Unreached communities and towns, click here.
Churches in the Hispanic/Latino
Mission Area (15)
Hispanic Area One
Pastor Edy De Leon
Hispanic Area Two
Pastor Jose Alfaro
Multi-Language Churches
Paul & Linda Bold
Multi-Language
Ministries Facilitators
MISSION AREA (non English & Spanish)
Population:
1,500,000
Unreached:
750,000
Unreached communities and towns, click here.
