Bloomingdale church
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Bloomingdale Church is a Christian & Missionary Alliance church located in Bloomingdale, Illinois
. Dr. David Riemenschneider, the founder of Bloomingdale Church, is the lead pastor. The church has a rich history of employing prospective C&MA missionaries and has sent many of them overseas.
In 1984, the young congregation took a big step of faith and a major financial commitment to construct the present sanctuary. Five years later in 1989, the congregation added a large activity center with a vision to provide a place for the youth. The church acted as its own contractor and completed the activity center in 1990. In 1993, the congregation built the brown parsonage on the church campus. In 1995, the congregation embraced the challenge of doubling the size of the sanctuary and adding seven new classrooms, including the Solid Grounds Coffee House. In 2006, the congregation worked together to build a third parsonage on the church campus, designed to host missionary families as well as student pastors.
On Mothers Day 2007, the Bloomingdale Church family broke ground on the Phase Four addition. This building now provides a place for large group meetings, new children’s classrooms, elevator, library and additional parking. The 264 Coffeehouse, opened in April 2010, provides quality coffee in a relaxed atmosphere.
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Bloomingdale, Illinois
Bloomingdale is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States, approximately 25 miles west of Chicago. The population was 21,675 at the 2000 census.-History:...
. Dr. David Riemenschneider, the founder of Bloomingdale Church, is the lead pastor. The church has a rich history of employing prospective C&MA missionaries and has sent many of them overseas.
History
Bloomingdale Church began as a new congregation on April 2, 1978. Several families from the Lombard Bible Church and Blanchard Alliance Church in Wheaton joined together to plant the church. Starting with five families, the church met in a local school. In the initial years, Dr. David Riemenschneider invested a lot of effort doing a systematic door-to-door survey in the neighborhoods and invited people to the church. The congregation grew and moved to a building on the present five-acre parcel on Glen Ellyn Road in July 1979. The property also included a small brick farmhouse that is still a part of the church campus.In 1984, the young congregation took a big step of faith and a major financial commitment to construct the present sanctuary. Five years later in 1989, the congregation added a large activity center with a vision to provide a place for the youth. The church acted as its own contractor and completed the activity center in 1990. In 1993, the congregation built the brown parsonage on the church campus. In 1995, the congregation embraced the challenge of doubling the size of the sanctuary and adding seven new classrooms, including the Solid Grounds Coffee House. In 2006, the congregation worked together to build a third parsonage on the church campus, designed to host missionary families as well as student pastors.
On Mothers Day 2007, the Bloomingdale Church family broke ground on the Phase Four addition. This building now provides a place for large group meetings, new children’s classrooms, elevator, library and additional parking. The 264 Coffeehouse, opened in April 2010, provides quality coffee in a relaxed atmosphere.
Core beliefs
As a Christian & Missionary Alliance church, Bloomingdale Church adopts the denomination's core values and statement of faith. Bloomingdale is a Bible believing church that emphasizes practical Biblical truths and caring for those around us. Bloomingdale Church's mission statement is: "Helping people know Jesus as Lord by being a worshipping, praying, learning, caring, outreaching community".External links
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