Mobilise USA is a conference that seeks to inspire students and twenties (ages 18-29) to pursue all that God has for them. Each year a large group from Destination Church attends this conference with great anticipation. It’s an important time for us to connect, re-envision and hear from God. Start your year right by joining [...]
If you’ve heard anything about our recently completed Angry Sexy People teaching series (looking at the life of Samson), then be sure not to miss Sunday Oct 30 with a different Sam, guest speaker Sam Poe. We wont be looking into relationships and redemption like with the character of Samson, but we will be tackling another [...]
Destination belongs to a global family of churches who are together on a mission. We call ourselves Newfrontiers. We are captivated by Christ and his mission to redeem people from every nation. This fascination causes us to do some pretty strange things … We send people on short term Life Change Teams to places like Zimbabwe [...]
Destination Church in Chicago is part of a global family of churches called Newfrontiers. We represent over 700 churches in over 60 nations. Staying connected is important as we focus on our mission to plant reproducing churches in the top 100 US cities and support international church planting missions. The Celebration Midwest conference is an [...]
How should followers of Christ live within and relate to the culture around? This is a question that every church and every Christian must grapple with and find clarity on. There are two extremes. The first is to run away from culture and become isolated. The second is to become so much like the culture [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]