Church Partners
The task of helping many families in vulnerable life situations to be safer for their children is immense. Thankfully the Chicago area and Safe Families churches and volunteers have many dedicated partners who serve in both public and private agency capacities often addressing specific life vulnerabilities such as homelessness, child welfare, education, domestic violence, mental health, and many more.
We have 3 levels of participation with Safe Families. Participating Church - Inform and encourage your congregation members to volunteer with Safe Families. Lead Church - Recruit and support volunteers. This includes recruiting Family Coaches and sponsoring opportunities for Host Families to support each other. And Community Lead Church - Make your support system available to others in the community who do not attend a Safe Families Church.
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.
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All Souls Anglican
Wheaton, IL
Jennifer Merck
630.344.9510
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Avenue Christian Church
Clarendon HIlls, IL
Cindy Lilburn
630.323.3456
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Calvary Church of Naperville
Naperville, IL
Marybeth Reaska
630.851.7000
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Chicago First Church of the Nazarene
Lemont, IL
Brian Wangler
708.349.0454
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Christ Church
All Campuses
Brad Coleman
847.234.1001
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Christ Church Oak Brook
All Campuses
Stacy McGowan
630.654.1882
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Christ Community Church
All Campuses
Austin & Ashley Newcomb
847.531.3043
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Christ Presbyterian Church
Roselle and Wheaton, IL
Elizabeth Hubbard
630.980.4450
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Cityview Community Church
Elmhurst, IL
Brandon Cooper
630.832.9100
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College Church of Wheaton
Wheaton, IL
Becky Sandberg beckysandberg@yahoo.com
630.668.0878
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Community Cup Church of the Nazarene
Kankakee, IL
Phil Anderson & Mario Flores
815.468.8946
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Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church
Glenview, IL
Erica Hang eralynn@hotmail.com
847.528.5138
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Crystal Lawns Church of the Nazarene
Joliet, IL
Elizabethhubbell@outlook.com
815.436.3380
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Evanston Bible Fellowship
Evanston, IL
Tammy Shull ecoleshull@gmail.com
847.328.5858
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Free Church
Oak Park, IL
Toni Horras
708-860-2088
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GatheringPoint Church
Bourbonnais, IL
Dane Matthews
815.401.7700
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Ginger Creek Community Church
Aurora, IL
Stephanie Booten
630.631.0100
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Harvest Bible Chapel
all campuses
Crystal Lake, Pastor Mike Ruge and Kellee Kole Kellee.kole@gmail.com
847.398.7005
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Hickory Creek Community Church
Frankfort, IL
Scott Kircher
815.469.9496
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Jackson Creek Fellowship Church
Monee, IL
Jayson Workman
815.478.3268
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Joyful Harvest Lutheran Church
Johnsburg, IL
Sarah Hagen
847.497.4569
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Life Compass Church
Kankakee, IL
Ken Tuek
708.921.7954
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LifeSpring Community Church
Plainfield, IL
Paul Ridsdale
815.436.7633
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Manteno Church of the Nazarene
Manteno, IL
Phil Anderson & Mario Flores
815.468.8946
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Metro Praise International
Chicago, IL
Griselda Govea
206.859.9405
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New Covenant Bible Church
St. Charles, IL
Cindy Evangelista
630.584.2611
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Orland Park Christian Reformed Church
Orland Park, IL
Dan Roeda
708.532.4900
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Park Community Church
Forest Glen, IL
Dan Osborn
312.361.0500
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Park Community Church - All Campuses
Chicago, IL
Brenton Smith
312.361.0500
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Parkview Christian Church
all campuses
Jenny Zabrocki & Kadie Verstrate
708.478.7477
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Parkview Community Church
Glen Ellyn, IL
Alison Gardiner/Kathy Soneson
630.469.4306
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Peace of Christ Community Church
Westmont, IL
Catherine Lindloff
630.286.9071
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Redefining Tables
Chicago, IL
Monica Rodriguez
773.916.7214
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Renewal Church
West Chicago, IL
Barb Draper
630.818.1828
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River Valley Christian Fellowship
Bourbonnais, IL
Polly Lemenager
815.933.7353
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St. Alphonus Catholic Church
Chicago, IL
Madelyn Nelson
773.525.0709
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St. Peter Lutheran Church
Arlington Heights, IL
Karen Kogler
847.259.4114
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South Park Church
South Park, IL
Shawna Shev safefamilies@southparkchurch.org
773.316.5515
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The Edge
Aurora, IL
Kate Becvar
630.506.8573
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The Moody Church
Chicago, IL
Larry McCarthy
312.327.8638
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The Orchard EFC
All Campuses
Sheila Clark sheila@coachingrightnow.com
847.772.9219
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The Village Christian Church
Minooka, IL
Nessly Bailey
815.467.2265
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Tri-Village Church
Streamwood, IL
Melissa Duncan
630.876.6645
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Village Church of Bartlett
Bartlett, IL
Shelly Shales snjshales@gmail.com
630.289.8151
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Vineyard Christian Church of Evanston
Evanston, IL
Kristina Gentner kristinagentner@hotmail.com
847.328.4544
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Wheaton Bible Church
Wheaton, IL
Joel Duncan jduncan@wheatonbible.org
630.876.6668
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Willow Creek North Shore
Glenview, IL
Kimi Ottaviano kottaviano@safefamilies.net
773.962.7153
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Willow Creek South Barrington
South Barrington, IL
Denise DeGuzman
708.745.8324
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Willow Creek Huntley
Huntley, IL
Patty Creager pcreager@willowcreek.org Jami Urosevich jamiurosevich@gmail.com
630.205.6013