Why Start a Dinner Church?

Robert ButlerSeptember 6, 2022The CenterNeighborhood Dinner, Church Planting, Church4therestofus, Micro church, house church

Do you remember just hanging out with friends after school?

Robert ButlerJanuary 18, 2022

The Center 2021 - Growing in a Pandemic

Robert ButlerDecember 6, 2021The Center

The Center (One Vision, One Mission, NOW Two Locations)

Every great movement of Christendom begins with a small tribe of faithful few willing to sacrifice and toil for the cause.

Whose your neighbor?

Whose your neighbor? What do you know about them? Is it just me or does everything seem just a little off lately?

FOOD FOR THE SOUL

“Chicago is a city of neighborhoods.” It’s a phrase that has been used over and over again. It’s meant to relay the stark changes from one block to the next. The city is made up of all kinds of people. It is truly a melting pot. The suburbs are not so different. Many have neighborhoods with “reputations” based on economics as well as racial distinctions. The homogeneous principle, like attracts like, can be seen throughout the five counties that make up Chicagoland. However, occasionally the Holy Spirit inspires the breaking down of the walls.

Robert ButlerJanuary 10, 2021The Center of ItascaMissional, Christianity, Missions

And Then The Pandemic Hit

The phrase is destined to become part of American history. The unprecedented event will forever be marked by those that have passed. However, what the devil has intended for evil, God re-purposes. It has been said,

Robert ButlerSeptember 29, 2020

GROWING IN A PANDEMIC

An amazing thing happened, the Center grew its reputation in a pandemic.

Robert ButlerJuly 24, 2020The CenterChristianity, Christian Church, Covid 19, Covid

Covid Killed The Sunday Church? What????

“Covid killed the Sunday church?” It’s a question plenty of Sunday Church people might be asking in the days and months to come. The Sunday centered Church has been ailing for some time. It has been failing to heed the warnings from ministry doctors and resisted taking its prescribed medicine for years.

News Flash: A church gives away the Christmas offering

We believe God is calling us to bring a foretaste of heaven to places without hope. He has called us to answer the cries for help. Just like the Magi coming across the desert to bring gifts to the King of Kings, we are partnering with you to bring joy and hope to places that rarely have either. This year 100% percent of The Center’s Christmas offering will go to help the widowed, addicted, abandoned, struggling, their families, their children, child slaves and those who have never heard the words of Jesus. Any Christmas gift will offer hope for people who are often considered expendable by society.

Robert ButlerDecember 18, 2019