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
Michael Parenti
North/Northwest Mission Area Leader
(McHenry, Lake, Kane & DuPage Counties, Cook County North - not in the city of Chicago)
Churches on the North/Northwest Mission Area (22)
Hispanic Churches on the North Mission Area:
Chicago Mission Area
Dave Scott
Chicago Mission Area Leader
(City of Chicago, in Cook County)
Churches on the
Chicago Mission Area (12)
Hispanic Churches on the Chicago Mission Area:
South/Southwest mission area
Jared Richey
South/SW Mission Area Leader
(Kendall, Will and Grundy Counties and Cook County not in Chicago)
Central Mission Area
Ken Bushey
Central Mission Area Leader
(Kankakee County)
Churches on the
Central Mission Area (16)
Southern MIssion Area
Dave Anderson
Southern Mission Area Leader
(Ford, Iroquois and Vermillion Counties)
Hispanic/Latino churches
Edy De Leon
Hispanic Ministries Coordinator
Jose Alfaro
Hispanic Mission Area Leader
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)