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16 HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2016 Church Planting in Naperville

16 Highlights from 2016 Church Planting in Naperville. Here’s 16 Highlights from 2016 as we plant Cross of Christ Fellowship in Naperville. 16 HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2016 1. Cross of Christ Fellowship was officially sent out by Redeemer Fellowship in March 2. We hosted our first public worship service at the Dupage Children’s Museum in downtown […]

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Gospel for Mormons

Gospel for Mormons I recently came across a VERY helpful 12 minute video from Apologia Radio, where Jeff Durbin explains the difference between Mormonism and biblical Christianity. (In the past, I have written a post on why we should NOT pray about the book of Mormon [here]). Give this video a watch and share with […]

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COOKIES & CAROLS in Naperville

COOKIES & CAROLS I’m really excited about Cookies & Carols event in downtown Naperville on December 17 at the DuPage Children’s Museum. This event was a lot of fun last year and was a great opportunity for us to connect with members of the community, sing Christmas songs, and consider the story of Christmas afresh. […]

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Cross of Christ Fellowship November Newsletter

CROSS OF CHRIST FELLOWSHIP NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER In case you missed, here our November Newsletter for Cross of Christ Fellowship: http://eepurl.com/coDL9T The newsletter discusses our event at the DuPage Children’s Museum, Church Planting with the Illinois Baptist State Association, and Cookies and Carols, and having church in Naperville.

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Secular MYTH of PROGRESS

Secular MYTH of PROGRESS Our meetup group recently tackled the topic “progress.” It was a fascinating discussion. In preparation for the topic, I found myself really helped by an atheist named John Gray and his article found here. I think he is right on one thing: if atheism is true, then the secular concept of […]

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Cross of Christ Fellowship SEPT 2016 Newsletter

Cross of Christ Fellowship Sept 2016 Newsletter Here’s our Sept 2016 Newsletter for Cross of Christ Fellowship: http://eepurl.com/cgUQk9 In it, you can read all about church planting in Naperville. This one includes info about our Last Fling Outreach, Ministry at North Central College, Meetup ministry, and some our continued needs.  

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Colossians COMPLETED!

Colossians Completed! By God’s grace, we have completed Colossians, which was our first sermon series at Cross of Christ Fellowship [church meeting at DuPage Children’s Museum in Naperville]. (To hear some of the sermons [not all were recorded due to technical difficulties unfortunately], go here) As I look back at our time in Colossians, I […]

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Pursuing a Biblical Exegesis Degree from Wheaton College? Do THIS…

Pursuing a Biblical Exegesis Degree from Wheaton College? Do THIS… A few years back I went to Wheaton College Graduate School and completed a Master’s Degree in Biblical Exegesis. (If you are considering whether or not to pursue this degree, here’s a post I wrote back in 2013 on my experience: http://www.ttschmidt.com/blog/wheaton-college-ma-biblical-exegesis-degree ). Maybe you […]

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Southern Baptist Church in Naperville

Southern Baptist Church in Naperville Cross of Christ Fellowship is a Southern Baptist church in downtown Naperville. This is one way we talk about our church plant, and lately I’ve been reflecting how thankful I am that we are Southern Baptist. If you are a Southern Baptist church, then you are part of a family […]

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Church in Downtown Naperville

Church in Downtown Naperville Our church, Cross of Christ Fellowship, worships in downtown Naperville. We host our worship services at 9:30 on Sunday mornings in the DuPage Children’s Museum, which is at 301 N Washington St. Naperville. This requires lots of serving: we have a team of individuals that show up early each Sunday morning […]