An Evening With Cross of Christ Fellowship: Monday October 6th in Wheaton Please join us for ‘An Evening with Cross of Christ Fellowship!’ We are hosting an event to share about Cross of Christ Fellowship over dessert. This is a great opportunity to learn more, to meet core team members, to find out what a […]
Author: Tom Schmidt
Christian, husband of Rach, Church Planter,musician,
Success or Christ Success can be a subtly deceptive motivation for the believer. As Christians we want our ministry to succeed: we want more to come to Christ, more to be rescued from the destruction of sin, more to be transformed by the power of the gospel. These things are good in themselves and we […]
Sharing the Gospel through a Video I recently had the pleasure of helping a younger believer understand the gospel. To do this, I used a short video that provides a great Trinitarian explanation of the gospel. Lord-willingly, I hope to use this video in conversations with unbelievers in the future. What videos do you use?
A Key Highlight of My Church Planting Residency One of the most important and impacting components of my church planting residency has been being part of the Elders Meetings at my sending church. Now, many would assume that being part of such meetings would be boring and tedious, but I’ve been really surprised how much […]
Cross of Christ Fellowship Naperville Outreach Part of planting a church (Cross of Christ Fellowship) in downtown Naperville is doing the work of an evangelist–testifying about the good news of Jesus to those who have not heard it or do not believe it. Over Labor Day weekend we had a great opportunity to do this, […]
5 Blessings of Joining a Church Plant (An Encouragement to Consider Helping us Plant a New Church In Naperville) If you live in the Naperville area and are a Christian, we would love for you to consider helping us plant a new gospel-centered church in downtown Naperville! Cross of Christ Fellowship is a new church […]
Labor Day Outreach Thanks to all who came out and all who prayed for our Labor Day Outreach at the Naperville Last Fling! We managed to give away around 150 Bibles, over 600 bottles of water, 10-15 books about Christianity, we had dozens of conversations with individuals in which we talked about God and the […]
4 Things That Lead Us Away from the Faith “Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.” 2 Tim 1:13 Paul’s exhortation to Timothy demonstrates the reality that holding onto the truth of the gospel requires effort and diligence. Timothy […]
Cross of Christ Fellowship August Newsletter If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s our church plant’s latest newsletter: http://eepurl.com/0Zqov [Cross of Christ Fellowship is a gospel-centered church being planted in downtown Naperville and is affiliated with the Acts 29 Network and the Southern Baptist Convention]
Cross of Christ Fellowship Booth at Naperville’s Last Fling This Labor Day weekend (8/29-9/1), Cross of Christ Fellowship will be hosting a booth at a city-wide event called ‘Last Fling.’ (Specifically, we’ll be out on 8/29 from 5-9 PM, Sat 8/30 from 10 AM-6 PM, Sun Aug 31 from 10 AM -6 PM, and Mon […]
