Church Partners

The backbone of the Safe Families Greater Chicago movement is the Church. Safe Families works to bridge the gap between the church and community. We partner to equip the Church to meet the vulnerable and isolated members of our communities and do what the Church does best: provide biblical hospitality.

Thanks to our Community Lead Churches that not only care for the host families in their church body but for host families in their area that are not in a Safe Family Church. Thanks to Avenue Christian Church – Clarendon Hills, Christ Community Church – All Campuses, Cityview Community Church – Elmhurst, Community Cup of the Nazarene – Kankakee, Ginger Creek – Aurora, Grace Presbyterian Church – Winnetka, Moody Church – Chicago, Park Community Church – Forest Glen, Peace of Christ Community Church – Westmont, South Park Church – Park Ridge, St. Peter Lutheran – Arlington Heights, The Orchard – Barrington, Wheaton Bible Church, Willow Creek South Barrington, and Willow Creek North Shore.

Below are listed our Community Lead and Lead churches for the Chicago Chapter. We have many more churches that are at the Participating level.

• All Souls Anglican

  Wheaton, IL
  Jennifer Merck
  630.344.9510

• Avenue Christian Church

  Clarendon HIlls, IL
  Cindy Lilburn
  630.323.3456

• Calvary Church of Naperville

  Naperville, IL
  Marybeth Reaska
  630.851.7000

• Chapelstreet (all campuses)

  Geneva, IL
  Bruce McEvoy
  630.232.7068

• Chicago First Church of the Nazarene

  Lemont, IL
  Brian Wangler
  708.349.0454

• Christ Church

  All Campuses
  Brad Coleman
  847.234.1001

• Christ Church Oak Brook

  All Campuses
  Stacy McGowan
  630.654.1882

• Christ Community Church

  All Campuses
  Austin & Ashley Newcomb
  847.531.3043

• Christ Presbyterian Church

  Wheaton, IL
  Elizabeth Hubbard
  630.980.4450

• Cityview Community Church

  Elmhurst, IL
  Brandon Cooper
  630.832.9100

• College Church of Wheaton

  Wheaton, IL
  Becky Sandberg beckysandberg@yahoo.com
  630.668.0878

• Community Cup Church of the Nazarene

  Kankakee, IL
  Phil Anderson & Mario Flores
  815.468.8946

• Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church

  Glenview, IL
  Erica Hang eralynn@hotmail.com
  847.528.5138

• Crystal Lawns Church of the Nazarene

  Joliet, IL
  Elizabethhubbell@outlook.com
  815.436.3380

• Evanston Bible Fellowship

  Evanston, IL
  Tammy Shull ecoleshull@gmail.com
  847.328.5858

• Free Church

  Oak Park, IL
  Toni Horras
  708-860-2088

• GatheringPoint Church

  Bourbonnais, IL
  Dane Matthews
  815.401.7700

• Harvest Bible Chapel

  all campuses
  Crystal Lake, Pastor Mike Ruge and Kellee Kole Kellee.kole@gmail.com
  847.398.7005

• Hickory Creek Community Church

  Frankfort, IL
  Scott Kircher
  815.469.9496

• Jackson Creek Fellowship Church

  Monee, IL
  Jayson Workman
  815.478.3268

• Joyful Harvest Lutheran Church

  Johnsburg, IL
  Sarah Hagen
  847.497.4569

• Life Compass Church

  Kankakee, IL
  Ken Tuek
  708.921.7954

• LifeSpring Community Church

  Plainfield, IL
  Paul Ridsdale
  815.436.7633

• Manteno Church of the Nazarene

  Manteno, IL
  Phil Anderson & Mario Flores
  815.468.8946

• Metro Praise International

  Chicago, IL
  Griselda Govea
  206.859.9405

• Mission Church

  Bloomingdale, IL
  Kelly Peacock, Blythe Struck
  630.237.4740

• New Covenant Bible Church

  St. Charles, IL
  Cindy Evangelista
  630.584.2611

• Notre Dame Catholic Church

  Clarendon Hills, IL
  Char Jain
  630.654.3365

• One Line Church

  Wheaton, IL
  Lindsey Vallaro
  630.233.4937

• Orland Park Christian Reformed Church

  Orland Park, IL
  Dan Roeda
  708.532.4900

• Park Community Church

  Forest Glen, IL
  Dan Osborn
  312.361.0500

• Park Community Church – All Campuses

  Chicago, IL
  Brenton Smith
  312.361.0500

• Parkview Christian Church

  all campuses
  Jenny Zabrocki & Kadie Verstrate
  708.478.7477

• Parkview Community Church

  Glen Ellyn, IL
  Alison Gardiner/Kathy Soneson
  630.469.4306

• Redefining Tables

  Chicago, IL
  Monica Rodriguez
  773.916.7214

• Renewal Church

  West Chicago, IL
  Barb Draper
  630.818.1828

• River Valley Christian Fellowship

  Bourbonnais, IL
  Polly Lemenager
  815.933.7353

• St. Alphonus Catholic Church

  Chicago, IL
  Madelyn Nelson
  773.525.0709

• St. Peter Lutheran Church

  Arlington Heights, IL
  Karen Kogler
  847.259.4114

• South Park Church

  South Park, IL
  Shawna Shev safefamilies@southparkchurch.org
  773.316.5515

• The Compass Church (all campuses)

  Naperville, IL
  Melissa Lee, Cindy and Dick Phelps
  630.983.3232

• The Edge

  Aurora, IL
  Kate Becvar
  630.506.8573

• The Moody Church

  Chicago, IL
  Larry McCarthy
  312.327.8638

• The Orchard EFC

  All Campuses
  Sheila Clark sheila@coachingrightnow.com
  847.772.9219

• The Village Christian Church

  Minooka, IL
  815.467.2265

• Village Bible Church

  Sugar Grove, Plano, IL
  Jen Hall
  630.466.7198

• Village Church of Bartlett

  Bartlett, IL
  Shelly Shales snjshales@gmail.com
  630.289.8151

• Vineyard Christian Church of Evanston

  Evanston, IL
  Kristina Gentner kristinagentner@hotmail.com
  847.328.4544

• Wheaton Bible Church

  Wheaton, IL
  Alice Gottschalk
  630.876.6668

• Willow Creek North Shore

  Glenview, IL
  Kimi Ottaviano kottaviano@safefamilies.net
  773.962.7153

• Willow Creek South Barrington

  South Barrington, IL
  Denise DeGuzman
  708.745.8324

• Willow Creek Huntley

  Huntley, IL
  Patty Creager pcreager@willowcreek.org Jami Urosevich jamiurosevich@gmail.com
  630.205.6013