Ministries - Fellowship Chicago (2024)

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AmbassadorsThe Ambassadors Ministry is the welcoming arm of the church body.Bereavement MinistryThe Bereavement Ministry assists members in making arrangements for funerals held at Fellowship as well provides resolutions on behalf of Fellowship for members, or loved ones of members who have passed away.Clay Evans Scholarship Foundation (CE$F)The Scholarship Foundation was developed to provide awards and financial aid for average students with a GPA (grade point average) of 2.0 (C), an opportunity for average students to experience a higher education. The CE$F awards scholarships to students who have a desire and aptitude to succeed with limited resources. The CE$F provides financial assistance to college students throughout the year to supplement their collegiate finances.Community TableThe Community Table serves hot food to the people in the community each Thursday from 12pm-2pm.Congregational Care MinistryThe Congregational Care Ministry serves the sick and immobile Fellowship members by visiting them regularly. The Congregational Care Ministry provides prayer and communicates the needs of the sick and immobile members to the ministers, deacons, and other ministry leaders.Credit UnionThe Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial institution. We are a member-owned financial cooperative. We are controlled by the members. We operate by the principle – people helping people. Hours of Operation: Saturday 10:00 AM – 12:00 PMCulinary MinistryThe Culinary Ministry strives to glorify God by providing excellence in food service. This ministry is responsible for feeding God’s people for various programs and oversees the operation of the kitchen, including its use and cleanliness. Fellowship Bible AcademyFellowship Bible Academy (FBA) is Fellowship’s Christian education course. FBA courses occur in terms each year (Fall, Spring, and/or Summer). Members are able to pick from multiple courses offered to learn more about the Bible and our faith and life application.First TouchThe First Touch Ministry serves as our intake team to greet and welcome new members to our congregation.Freely GiveFreely Give is Fellowship’s food and clothing giveaway which occurs Wednesdays from 7 AM -10 AM and every 4th Saturday of the month from 8 AM to 11 AMGirl ScoutsFellowship Girl Scouts (Ages 5-18) builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts calendar year begins in September and ends in June. Meetings take place the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month.Good Life Young Adult MinistryThe Good Life Young Adults Ministry’s vision is to edify, empower, encourage, and engage millennials (21-39 years old) through events and experiences, providing them with spiritual tools to assist in living the “Good Life” with Christ! Intercessory Prayer TeamThe Intercessory Prayer Team stands in the gap to pray for members, the church, and our leaders.Kidz Zone Children’s Ministry (ages 3-10)The Children’s Ministry provides a setting for our children to worship, receive instruction, have fellowship, and learn how to be followers of Christ. Children must be potty-trained to attend.Kings and Priest Men’s MinistryThis ministry is designed to enlighten, encourage and empower men to confidently function in their God-ordained role. Through teaching, fellowship, interaction, transparency and accountability, this ministry will build kingdom men of purpose, promise, and power. Media MinistryThe Media Ministry is responsible for all telecommunication (radio, television & internet).Media SalesThe Media Sales team is responsible for product sales.Medical MinistryThe Medical Ministry provides healthcare empowerment through educational resources that positively impact the physical, social, emotional, and psychological well-being of our members and community at large.Licensed and qualified team members provide aid and assistance when needed.Music MinistryThe purpose of this ministry is to minister and intercede for His people through music. This ministry includes the Band, Praise Team, Sanctuary Choir, Men’s Choir, Voices of Genesis Young Adult Choir, & Women’s Choir. Peacekeepers Security MinistryOur Peacekeepers Ministry is responsible for securing the building during worship services and events.Recovery MinistryThis ministry is designed to address the addictions of the human personality, such as chemical dependency, alcoholism and assist the addicted personality in obtaining sobriety and a sense of well-being by building faith and breaking the chains of addiction through salvation.Senior Care MinistrySenior Care Ministry serves the seniors of Fellowship by providing important resources and opportunities for socialization. The Senior Care Ministry ensures that the seniors of Fellowship are cared for in and outside of the church.Sign Language MinistryThis ministry teaches members sign language and provides sign language translations during services.Sisters With Vision (SWV) Women’s MinistryThis ministry is designed to enlighten, encourage and empower women to confidently walk in their royal status. Through teaching, fellowship, interaction, transparency, and accountability, this ministry will build kingdom women of purpose, promise, and power. Soulmates Marriage MinistryOur Marriage Ministry empowers marriages to thrive by providing couples with tools and examples for successful marriages, by sharing and showing the gospel of Jesus Christ through acts of love and generosity.V.I.B.E. (Volunteer to Impact, Build & Empower)V.I.B.E. volunteer program is designed to develop and utilize genuine people committed to transforming good intentions into great actions with diverse volunteer involvement.Violence Support MinistryThe Violence Support Ministry provides support to grieving family members who have lost loved ones to violent crimes.Youth Student Ministries (Middle School & High School | Ages 11-18)The Youth Student Ministry strives to reach middle school & high school students to engage and stimulate themin a way that will help them live out their Christian faith. FAQs

Ministries

Ambassadors

The Ambassadors Ministry is the welcoming arm of the church body.

Bereavement Ministry

The Bereavement Ministry assists members in making arrangements for funerals held at Fellowship as well provides resolutions on behalf of Fellowship for members, or loved ones of members who have passed away.

Clay Evans Scholarship Foundation (CE$F)

The Scholarship Foundation was developed to provide awards and financial aid for average students with a GPA (grade point average) of 2.0 ( C ), an opportunity for average students to experience a higher education. The CE$F awards scholarships to students who have a desire and aptitude to succeed with limited resources. The CE$F provides financial assistance to college students throughout the year to supplement their collegiate finances.

Community Table

The Community Table serves hot food to the people in the community each Thursday from 12pm-2pm.

Congregational Care Ministry

The Congregational Care Ministry serves the sick and immobile Fellowship members by visiting them regularly. The Congregational Care Ministry provides prayer and communicates the needs of the sick and immobile members to the ministers, deacons, and other ministry leaders.

Credit Union

The Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial institution. We are a member-owned financial cooperative. We are controlled by the members. We operate by the principle – people helping people. Hours of Operation: Saturday 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Culinary Ministry

The Culinary Ministry strives to glorify God by providing excellence in food service. This ministry is responsible for feeding God’s people for various programs and oversees the operation of the kitchen, including its use and cleanliness.

Get Involved

Fellowship Bible Academy

Fellowship Bible Academy (FBA) is Fellowship’s Christian education course. FBA courses occur in terms each year (Fall, Spring, and/or Summer). Members are able to pick from multiple courses offered to learn more about the Bible and our faith and life application.

First Touch

The First Touch Ministry serves as our intake team to greet and welcome new members to our congregation.

Freely Give

Freely Give is Fellowship’s food and clothing giveaway which occurs Wednesdays from 7 AM -10 AM and every 4th Saturday of the month from 8 AM to 11 AM

Girl Scouts

Fellowship Girl Scouts (Ages 5-18) builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts calendar year begins in September and ends in June. Meetings take place the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month.

Good Life Young Adult Ministry

The Good Life Young Adults Ministry’s vision is to edify, empower, encourage, and engage millennials (21-39 years old) through events and experiences, providing them with spiritual tools to assist in living the “Good Life” with Christ!

Get Connected

Intercessory Prayer Team

The Intercessory Prayer Team stands in the gap to pray for members, the church, and our leaders.

Kidz Zone Children’s Ministry (ages 3-10)

The Children’s Ministry provides a setting for our children to worship, receive instruction, have fellowship, and learn how to be followers of Christ. Children must be potty-trained to attend.

Kings and Priest Men’s Ministry

This ministry is designed to enlighten, encourage and empower men to confidently function in their God-ordained role. Through teaching, fellowship, interaction, transparency and accountability, this ministry will build kingdom men of purpose, promise, and power.

Join A Ministry

Media Ministry

The Media Ministry is responsible for all telecommunication (radio, television & internet).

Media Sales

The Media Sales team is responsible for product sales.

Medical Ministry

The Medical Ministry provides healthcare empowerment through educational resources that positively impact the physical, social, emotional, and psychological well-being of our members and community at large.Licensed and qualified team members provide aid and assistance when needed.

Music Ministry

The purpose of this ministry is to minister and intercede for His people through music. This ministry includes the Band, Praise Team, Sanctuary Choir, Men’s Choir, Voices of Genesis Young Adult Choir, & Women’s Choir.

Get Involved

Peacekeepers Security Ministry

Our Peacekeepers Ministry is responsible for securing the building during worship services and events.

Recovery Ministry

This ministry is designed to address the addictions of the human personality, such as chemical dependency, alcoholism and assist the addicted personality in obtaining sobriety and a sense of well-being by building faith and breaking the chains of addiction through salvation.

Senior Care Ministry

Senior Care Ministry serves the seniors of Fellowship by providing important resources and opportunities for socialization. The Senior Care Ministry ensures that the seniors of Fellowship are cared for in and outside of the church.

Sign Language Ministry

This ministry teaches members sign language and provides sign language translations during services.

Sisters With Vision (SWV) Women’s Ministry

This ministry is designed to enlighten, encourage and empower women to confidently walk in their royal status. Through teaching, fellowship, interaction, transparency, and accountability, this ministry will build kingdom women of purpose, promise, and power.

Get Connected

Soulmates Marriage Ministry

Our Marriage Ministry empowers marriages to thrive by providing couples with tools and examples for successful marriages, by sharing and showing the gospel of Jesus Christ through acts of love and generosity.

V.I.B.E. (Volunteer to Impact, Build & Empower)

V.I.B.E. volunteer program is designed to develop and utilize genuine people committed to transforming good intentions into great actions with diverse volunteer involvement.

Violence Support Ministry

The Violence Support Ministry provides support to grieving family members who have lost loved ones to violent crimes.

Youth Student Ministries (Middle School & High School | Ages 11-18)

The Youth Student Ministry strives to reach middle school & high school students to engage and stimulate themin a way that will help them live out their Christian faith.

Join A Ministry

Ambassadors

The Ambassadors Ministry is the welcoming arm of the church body.

Bereavement Ministry

The Bereavement Ministry assists members in making arrangements for funerals held at Fellowship as well provides resolutions on behalf of Fellowship for members, or loved ones of members who have passed away.

Clay Evans Scholarship Foundation (CE$F)

The Scholarship Foundation was developed to provide awards and financial aid for average students with a GPA (grade point average) of 2.0 (C), an opportunity for average students to experience a higher education. The CE$F awards scholarships to students who have a desire and aptitude to succeed with limited resources. The CE$F provides financial assistance to college students throughout the year to supplement their collegiate finances.

Community Table

The Community Table serves hot food to the people in the community each Thursday from 12pm-2pm.

Congregational Care Ministry

The Congregational Care Ministry serves the sick and immobile Fellowship members by visiting them regularly. The Congregational Care Ministry provides prayer and communicates the needs of the sick and immobile members to the ministers, deacons, and other ministry leaders.

Credit Union

The Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial institution. We are a member-owned financial cooperative. We are controlled by the members. We operate by the principle – people helping people. Hours of Operation: Saturday 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Culinary Ministry

The Culinary Ministry strives to glorify God by providing excellence in food service. This ministry is responsible for feeding God’s people for various programs and oversees the operation of the kitchen, including its use and cleanliness.

Get Involved

Fellowship Bible Academy

Fellowship Bible Academy (FBA) is Fellowship’s Christian education course. FBA courses occur in terms each year (Fall, Spring, and/or Summer). Members are able to pick from multiple courses offered to learn more about the Bible and our faith and life application.

First Touch

The First Touch Ministry serves as our intake team to greet and welcome new members to our congregation.

Freely Give

Freely Give is Fellowship’s food and clothing giveaway which occurs Wednesdays from 7 AM -10 AM and every 4th Saturday of the month from 8 AM to 11 AM

Girl Scouts

Fellowship Girl Scouts (Ages 5-18) builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts calendar year begins in September and ends in June. Meetings take place the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month.

Good Life Young Adult Ministry

The Good Life Young Adults Ministry’s vision is to edify, empower, encourage, and engage millennials (21-39 years old) through events and experiences, providing them with spiritual tools to assist in living the “Good Life” with Christ!

Get Connected

Intercessory Prayer Team

The Intercessory Prayer Team stands in the gap to pray for members, the church, and our leaders.

Kidz Zone Children’s Ministry (ages 3-10)

The Children’s Ministry provides a setting for our children to worship, receive instruction, have fellowship, and learn how to be followers of Christ. Children must be potty-trained to attend.

Kings and Priest Men’s Ministry

This ministry is designed to enlighten, encourage and empower men to confidently function in their God-ordained role. Through teaching, fellowship, interaction, transparency and accountability, this ministry will build kingdom men of purpose, promise, and power.

Join A Ministry

Media Ministry

The Media Ministry is responsible for all telecommunication (radio, television & internet).

Media Sales

The Media Sales team is responsible for product sales.

Medical Ministry

The Medical Ministry provides healthcare empowerment through educational resources that positively impact the physical, social, emotional, and psychological well-being of our members and community at large.Licensed and qualified team members provide aid and assistance when needed.

Music Ministry

The purpose of this ministry is to minister and intercede for His people through music. This ministry includes the Band, Praise Team, Sanctuary Choir, Men’s Choir, Voices of Genesis Young Adult Choir, & Women’s Choir.

Get Involved

Peacekeepers Security Ministry

Our Peacekeepers Ministry is responsible for securing the building during worship services and events.

Recovery Ministry

This ministry is designed to address the addictions of the human personality, such as chemical dependency, alcoholism and assist the addicted personality in obtaining sobriety and a sense of well-being by building faith and breaking the chains of addiction through salvation.

Senior Care Ministry

Senior Care Ministry serves the seniors of Fellowship by providing important resources and opportunities for socialization. The Senior Care Ministry ensures that the seniors of Fellowship are cared for in and outside of the church.

Sign Language Ministry

This ministry teaches members sign language and provides sign language translations during services.

Sisters With Vision (SWV) Women’s Ministry

This ministry is designed to enlighten, encourage and empower women to confidently walk in their royal status. Through teaching, fellowship, interaction, transparency, and accountability, this ministry will build kingdom women of purpose, promise, and power.

Get Connected

Soulmates Marriage Ministry

Our Marriage Ministry empowers marriages to thrive by providing couples with tools and examples for successful marriages, by sharing and showing the gospel of Jesus Christ through acts of love and generosity.

V.I.B.E. (Volunteer to Impact, Build & Empower)

V.I.B.E. volunteer program is designed to develop and utilize genuine people committed to transforming good intentions into great actions with diverse volunteer involvement.

Violence Support Ministry

The Violence Support Ministry provides support to grieving family members who have lost loved ones to violent crimes.

Youth Student Ministries (Middle School & High School | Ages 11-18)

The Youth Student Ministry strives to reach middle school & high school students to engage and stimulate themin a way that will help them live out their Christian faith.

Join A Ministry

Ministries - Fellowship Chicago (2024)

FAQs

Who is the current pastor of Fellowship in Chicago? ›

The Reverend Reginald Wayne Sharpe Jr., first born child of Reginald Sr. and Fay Phillips-Sharpe, serves as Senior Pastor of the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois.

Where is Pastor Reginald Sharpe from? ›

reginald w. sharpe jr.

Sharpe is a proud native of Lithonia, Georgia, and a son of The Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church ~ The House of Hope Atlanta.

What denomination is a fellowship church? ›

Bible Fellowship Church is a conservative pietistic Christian denomination with Mennonite roots centered in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Its denominational leader Donald T. Kirkwood described the denomination as "reformed in theology, Presbyterian in polity, creedal immersionists."

Who was the former pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church in Chicago? ›

Pastor Emeritus

Charles Jenkins is a widely known for his innovative leadership, and diverse service as an influential renaissance man. For 20 years Jenkins served as the senior pastor of the historic Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago.

What religion is the fellowship? ›

The Fellowship (Christian organization)
NicknameThe Family
FormationApril 1935
FounderAbraham Vereide
Founded atSeattle, Washington
Typenonprofit
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Who is the wife of Reginald Sharpe Jr? ›

Sharpe married his best friend, the gifted and talented, Brianna Sullivan Sharpe. Together they serve in ministry and currently live in Chicago, Illinois.

Who is the Mega Church pastor from Texas? ›

Four days after Buster's resignation, Gateway Church's founder and lead pastor Robert Morris stepped down from his position at the Southlake-based megachurch. He resignation followed his admission to “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a girl when she was underage and he was 21.

Who owns Global Harvest Church? ›

The Founding Pastor of Global Harvest Church is Reverend Victor Adeyemi. He started the ministry in 1995 with the support of his wife Pastor Jumoke Adeyemi (Mama).

What is pound the pastor? ›

"In the early 1960s, a new preacher and family received a 'pounding. ' The congregation members would each give a pound of some food goods to welcome them into the family."

What is the doctrine of the Fellowship church? ›

We affirm that the doctrines of the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the bodily resurrection, the atoning work of Christ on the cross, and salvation by grace through faith make up the essential, distinctive nature of Christianity.

What is the difference between church and fellowship? ›

The formal, organized structure has considered itself the church. But in New Testament thinking, the spiritual action is in the underlying informal fellowship, the community. That's where the Holy Spirit works. Poor church governance can actually become a barrier to healthy spiritual fellowship.

What does God say about fellowship in church? ›

1 Corinthians 1:9: "God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." Ephesians 4:3: "Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." Galatians 6:2: "Carry each other's burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ."

Who is the founder of Fellowship Chicago? ›

Reverend Clay Evans founded Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in 1950 where he served for 50 years.

Did pastor Charles Jenkins retire? ›

Charles Jenkins: Hilarious. Yes, I have retired. At least from the role of senior pastor at Fellowship.

What church does Jon Reddick go to? ›

Jon leading worship at his home church-Church of the City in Franklin, TN.

Where is pastor Alistair Begg? ›

Alistair Begg has been the senior pastor at Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio, since 1983. His teaching can be heard daily on the syndicated radio program, Truth for Life. Alistair is the author and coauthor of several books, including Preaching for God's Glory and Name above All Names.

Who will be the new pastor of Salem Baptist Church of Chicago? ›

In January 2023, Reverend Dates became the Senior Pastor of the Salem Baptist Church of Chicago.

Where is pastor John Kilpatrick? ›

John A. Kilpatrick is the senior pastor at Church of His Presence in Daphne, Alabama. He founded the church in 2006. For twenty-two year John was the pastor at Brownsville Assemblies of God in Pensacola, Florida.

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