Above + Beyond

Celebrating God's faithfulness & provision!

Above + Beyond

Celebrating God's faithfulness & provision!

Above + Beyond

Celebrating God's faithfulness & provision!

Above + Beyond

Celebrating God's faithfulness & provision!

Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us—to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20–21 CSB

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Celebrating 60 years of God's faithfulness & provision, in 2025 the congregation gave $600,000 above and beyond our designated $1.25M missions budget to support 60 churches touching 42 ministries in 23 countries and 4 states.

Mission Partner | Project Video

We sent a gift to Project Video, one of Christ Church’s global missions partners. The organization has teams create video and audio recordings in local languages throughout Asia to spread the Gospel. According to Project Video, 25 million people in Asia are without access to Christian resources for reasons such as geography, government persecution of Christians, cultural rejection of Christianity as a white man’s religion, no resources in their language or illiteracy. This testimony from Project Video is just one example of how God is using our gifts to reach more people for His Kingdom.

Recently you sent us a very generous gift to update our music and sound system. We hope to be using it by the summer. You would be welcome in our church anytime you want to visit! Blessings to all and Buongiorno, chiesa!
La Promessa Church | Genova, Italy

We wanted to share a REALLY incredible update. A family that is laser focused on encouraging and supporting the North American church to engage in the work of justice offered to DOUBLE our year-end gifts including the Above + Beyond gift and FOR Christmas gifts!
International Justice Mission

We now have a solid library of resources for Bible study and pastor growth. We are grateful that we also could give a small collection of resource books to four other local churches and a local missionary who visits the churches and encourages the congregations and leaders.
Arada | Santa Barbara, Honduras

60 Churches & Ministry Partners

Canvas Campus Ministry | Birmingham, UK

Building repairs.
Cape Verde Project | Santiago Island, Cape Verde

This project aims to serve 250 children across five different communities. These children come from impoverished families with urgent needs, both physical and spiritual. Cape Verde Project’s mission is to share the message of the Gospel while addressing their basic needs from feeding to teaching children to brush their teeth and train mothers in home care, nutrition and health.
Christian Neighbors Church | Waukegan, IL

Community care and services.
Church of Copataza | Ecuador

The church of Copataza is made up of the Shuar tribe, one of the five groups in the Amazon region of Ecuador and Peru and Nancy & Cesar Cortez believe it to be the first of its kind. They are seriously commitment to our God. This project will rebuild the deteriorated Church of Copataza.
City Church | Campus Crusade | Albania

Discipleship and small group ministry.
Crossroads Church | Marshall, MI

Formation school and discipleship.
Dia Nuevo | Hanover Park, IL

Community care and services.
Evangelical Lutheran Church | La Promessa Genoa, Italy

Sound system.
First Baptist Church | District Heights, MD

Bowling alley to church conversion.
First Christian Church | Newburg, Indiana

This congregation struggled to complete a building project after Covid-19. Upon completion, just a few weeks later a tornado destroyed their brand-new renovations.
Food for the Hungry | Guatemala

Community project.
Forest City Church | Elgin, IL

TBD
GRIP Outreach for Youth | Chicago, IL

Sports ministry/van.
Haggai International | Peachtree Corners, GA

Clergy sponsorship.
Holy Trinity Church | Lupeni, Romania

Lupeni is an historic mining town in Romania that faced significant economic setbacks. When communism collapsed, the mining industry there also collapsed leaving behind economic uncertainty that continues today. The church in Lupeni converted half of its building into a group home for children to help meet the need in that community.
Holy Trinity Church | Timisoara, Romania

For 32 years, Christ Church has partnered with Missio Link International to work with youth-at-risk in Romania. Emil Toader is the president of MLI and his home church, Trinity Baptist in Timisoara, needs a new roof to prevent leaking and damage to this historic building where a vibrant faith community gathers for worship every week.
International Justice Mission | South America

Ministry and discipleship support.
India Gospel League | India

Plant 10 new churches.
Kids Alive | Iglesia Nueva Vida Constanza, Dominican Republic

Iglesia Nueva Vida has been the church home to Vic & Leslie Trautwein since 2002. It is approximately 40 years old and is in the mountain town of Jarabacoa. It has grown in recent years to be one of the largest evangelical churches in the region. This project will provide needed church building upgrades.
Lawndale Community Church | Chicago, Illinois

Lawndale Christian Community Church, a nondenominational Christian Church, seeks to create a community of authentic believers and to witness to a city transformed by the life-changing reality of the Gospel, as people come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
Life Builders | Nigeria, West Africa

Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Pastor Dr. Emmanuel and his wife, Blessing, moved to the US to attend seminary and serve in multiple leadership roles. They eventually felt God’s call to return to Nigeria and founded Life Builders; a significant ministry aimed at alleviating poverty and specifically to care for and support orphans in a Christian environment. This project will provide needed building upgrades and instruments.
Michel & Roula Khalil Ministry | Cairo, Egypt

Michel and Roula coach and train pastors in Cairo, Egypt. Their ministry provides significant outreach into Muslim communities. This project will rebuild the church.
Naitia Outreach Project | South Sudan/Ethiopia Border

Intrastructure for pastoral help.
National Center for Urban Transformation | Bangalore, India

The National Centre for Urban Transformation, established in 2015, is dedicated to serving the church in India. The mission is to be an instrument for the holistic transformation of Indian cities by preparing Christian leadership to respond to existing and emerging urban challenges and opportunities
New Thing Chicago | Chicago, Illinois

New Thing is a global network of church planters who equip and train hundreds of pastors and ministry leaders. We seek to encourage and support their local network of churches operating in the Chicagoland area.
Open Doors | Global US based

Support persecuted church.
Outreach Community Church | Nairobi, Kenya

Improve church infrastructure.
Progressive Baptist Church | Chicago, IL

TBD
Project Video | Asia US based

Outreach and evangelism.
Resilient | Salvation Army | Villa Park, IL

Family meal ministry/wrap-around services.
South Asian Friendship Center | Chicago, IL

Leadership support and training.
Sri Lanka Church | Sri Lanka

Evangelism and discipleship ministries.
Stephen’s Children | India

Chapel for training center.
Sudanese International Church | Amman, Jordan

The Sudanese International Church is a non-denominational church in Amman, Jordan, with a congregation of approximately 200 people from over 20 different countries. This project will help to disciple and meet the needs of Muslim refugee families and establish a new Ministry House location.
Talking Bibles | Longido, Tanzania

80 Talking Bibles for two churches.
The Light Church | Oak Park, IL

Discipleship and worship ministry.
Villages in Partnership | Malawi, East Africa

VIP is engaged with alleviating extreme poverty in Malawi through feeding programs, education, and economic development. This project will provide a roof and cement floor for the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian.
Vida Abundante Church | Arada, Santa Barbara, Honduras

This part of Honduras is home to roughly 100,000 people. Pastor Josue Chavez mentors and coaches 5–6 pastors at the local churches in this area.
Water for Good | Ethiopia Evangelical Church | Bensa Region, Ethiopia

Healthy village church programs.
World Relief | Gitega, Burundi, East Africa

Burundi is often reported globally as a nation with the most extreme poverty. However, Burundi is filled with many vibrant Christians who are eager to help their communities and church flourish. In partnership with World Relief, we seek to bless churches who are equipping local leaders offering support for social and spiritual needs in their community.
Youth for Christ | Rwanda

Jean Baptiste Mugarura began working for Youth for Christ Rwanda in 1995, one year after the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. In the years since, he has been ministering in a nation shattered by this history. His ministry includes addressing trauma, tension, poverty, illiteracy, and disease. This year about 9,880 out of 14,000 churches and mosques in Rwanda were closed due to building standards making it difficult to reach youth through church programs. This project will provide the necessary updates to avoid a mandated closure.

Above + Beyond

Celebrating God's faithfulness & provision!

Above + Beyond

Celebrating God's faithfulness & provision!

Above + Beyond

Celebrating God's faithfulness & provision!

Above + Beyond

Celebrating God's faithfulness & provision!

Mission Partner | Project Video

Canvas Campus Ministry | Birmingham, UK

Cape Verde Project | Santiago Island, Cape Verde

Christian Neighbors Church | Waukegan, IL

Church of Copataza | Ecuador

City Church | Campus Crusade | Albania

Crossroads Church | Marshall, MI

Dia Nuevo | Hanover Park, IL

Evangelical Lutheran Church | La Promessa Genoa, Italy

First Baptist Church | District Heights, MD

First Christian Church | Newburg, Indiana

Food for the Hungry | Guatemala

Forest City Church | Elgin, IL

GRIP Outreach for Youth | Chicago, IL

Haggai International | Peachtree Corners, GA

Holy Trinity Church | Lupeni, Romania

Holy Trinity Church | Timisoara, Romania

International Justice Mission | South America

India Gospel League | India

Kids Alive | Iglesia Nueva Vida Constanza, Dominican Republic

Lawndale Community Church | Chicago, Illinois

Life Builders | Nigeria, West Africa

Michel & Roula Khalil Ministry | Cairo, Egypt

Naitia Outreach Project | South Sudan/Ethiopia Border

National Center for Urban Transformation | Bangalore, India

New Thing Chicago | Chicago, Illinois

Open Doors | Global US based

Outreach Community Church | Nairobi, Kenya

Progressive Baptist Church | Chicago, IL

Project Video | Asia US based

Resilient | Salvation Army | Villa Park, IL

South Asian Friendship Center | Chicago, IL

Sri Lanka Church | Sri Lanka

Stephen’s Children | India

Sudanese International Church | Amman, Jordan

Talking Bibles | Longido, Tanzania

The Light Church | Oak Park, IL

Villages in Partnership | Malawi, East Africa

Vida Abundante Church | Arada, Santa Barbara, Honduras

Water for Good | Ethiopia Evangelical Church | Bensa Region, Ethiopia

World Relief | Gitega, Burundi, East Africa

Youth for Christ | Rwanda