On August 27th, I celebrated my 4th anniversary of being a "Chicagoan." And I fully agree with the old Sinatra song, "It's my kind of town." This is, by far, the largest city that I have ever called "home" for longer than a few days. A marvelous website is Exploring Chicago http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/home.do and there you will find just about everything that is going on in "my kind of town" in the next few weeks.
The Windy City also has a RICH spiritual heritage that many people don't know about.
Dwight Lyman Moody, the founder and president of what is know the Moody Bible Institute started a simple ministry designed to "train men and women for service"--and that simple ministry has made a global impact over the last 120 years. The website for MBI is www.moody.edu.
Mr Moody also started a local congregation that was known as "Mr Moody's Sunday School..." and is now known as the historic, world-famous Moody Church here in the heart of downtown Chicago. Their website is www.moodychurch.org.
Dr A.W. Tozer pastored the South Side Christian and Missionary Alliance Church on the south side for more than thirty years. Tozer was best known for his powerful expository preaching, and some of the greatest writing in the last 150 years. His best known volumes are "The Pursuit of God" and "The Knowledge of the Holy."
The YMCA was started right here in the Windy City...with Mr Moody being one of the original founders.
And now, with more than five million people calling the city "home"--we have lots of people to reach, lots of people to love, and a Christ who died for each of them.
What a mission! What a city!
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