Chicago Central +

HICP Relationship to the Chicago Central District Vision: We are grateful for the visionary leadership of the Chicago Central District Advisory Board.  The vision of the CCD for the future is to change the DNA of the district dramatically. With 8.7 million people living in the greater Chicago area and over 5 million of them not meaningfully connected with any local church or practice of faith, every Nazarene believer must be Christ in action. The CCD Advisory Board believes HICP churches can thrive here in the U.S. and on the CCD if we are conservative in our message, relevant in our methods and irresistibly active! If this vision is to become reality, it will require a new kind of active church, and a new kind of active district, with an unstoppable passion to reach out and engage thousands of new people. We have no doubt irreligious people can be, will be attracted to Jesus, if they see Christ in action.

The goal of the CCD is to start 20 new, culturally relevant churches within the CCD that begin with 250 people or more and are designed to break 1,000 in attendance.

The HICP Project further aims to assist another 80 churches across the United States within select Nazarene districts to begin the same way. We want to be used by God to assist 100,000 new people not only within Chicago but across the United States discover and practice a new-found faith in Jesus Christ and live on-mission with Him everyday!