Spreading God's Love
We are passionate about loving like Jesus did. Whether it is in our own neighborhood or across the globe, we can tangibly express God’s love for others through our ministry partnerships, outreach projects and mission trips. We hope to reach the area for Christ and try to do so by working with our Strategic Ministry Partners such as Youth for Christ, Faith Bible Camp, Spoon River Pregnancy Center, Pathways Ministries, Trinity Christian Academy and through our own Bushnell Ministry Center that includes Cole Street Coffee House and the Help & Hope Food pantry, along with several annual community outreach programs.
It is important for our members to take their faith outside our church walls and to make an impact for Jesus Christ, not only in our community but around the world. God has called our church to support many missionaries, both local and global. Each year we send short term missions teams to different locations, both domestic and abroad.
We invite you to join us as we extend our mission beyond our walls and share the love of Jesus in our local community and around the globe.
Strategic Local Ministry Partners
Cole Street Coffee House
Bushnell, Illinois
The mission of Cole Street Coffee House is simple: to provide outreach, encouragement, and support alongside excellent coffee, delicious coffee cakes, and breakfast and lunch items. Cole Street aspires to be a light of Christ within the community of Bushnell with a warm, comfortable, and welcoming atmosphere where neighbors can meet each other in a safe, relaxing, and welcoming environment. We not only strive to provide excellent coffee and delicious food, our true desire is for Cole Street Coffee House to create opportunities to serve and encourage the residents of Bushnell both spiritually and practically. We wish to be a place of comfort and encouragement not only to believers, but also those who may not otherwise seek fellowship and support from a church body.
Faith Bible Camp
Yates, City, Illinois
Located just 30 miles west of Peoria, IL, Faith Bible Camp is a great place for people of all ages to meet and to grow close to Jesus Christ. FBC has been ministering to local and distant communities for more than 50 years!
At Faith Bible Camp, our goal is to provide the opportunity for students to leave behind the distrations of the world and enjoy fun, community, and time worshipping and growing in their relationship with the Lord..
https://www.faithbiblecamp.com/
Pathway Ministries
Peoria, Illinois
Previously known as Peoria Rescue Ministries, we have been serving those in need since 1955. We extend support to the people of the Peoria area and beyond through our Residential Ministries and Community Services.
For many, a crisis serves a crossroad in life. We meet them there with compassion, shelter, safety, and support, and point them to a new path.
Through a Gospel-centered and holistic approach to education, counseling, and advocacy, we help people make progress on a path toward lasting life change.
Through continuous community and support, we walk alongside those being transformed on their journey toward a sustainable and flourishing life.
Spoon River Pregnancy Center
Canton, Illinois
At Spoon River Pregnancy Center, we walk alongside individuals and families navigating unplanned or challenging pregnancies. We offer honest information, practical support, and a safe space to explore your options—without pressure, without judgment.
Our goal is simple:
To help you make informed decisions with confidence, surrounded by care.
We serve Fulton County and neighboring communities including Bushnell, Cuba, Lewistown, Pekin, Havana, Farmington, Elmwood, Hanna City, Macomb, Fairview, London Mills, Ellisville, Maquon, St. David—and many more.
Reach out. Let us know how we can support you.
We’ll figure it out together.
“Compassionate care, one conversation at a time.”
Trinity Academy
Industry, Illinois
Trinity Academy is a classical, Christian, hybrid model school established as a gift-supported mission (unaffiliated with any one denomination) in west central Illinois to partner with Christian families in the education of their children. As a school, Trinity Academy adheres to what is held in common by the historic Christian churches for the sake of the Gospel without denominational bias. Trinity Academy leaves final doctrinal teachings to the family and local church while holding that which unifies us to be greater than that which divides us.
Youth for Christ
Bushnell, Macomb & Rushville, Illinois
Youth for Christ, founded in 1944 with Billy Graham as its first employee, is a multi-national organization focused on sharing the Gospel with teens age 11 to 19.
The Western Illinois chapter was founded in 1993 by faithful Christians in our area. We have ministry sites in Bushnell, Macomb and Rushville, with various programs that welcome all teens regardless of background or hometown.
We have a team of dedicated staff and a growing family of amazing volunteers who make this ministry possible! We are completely non-profit and depend on our system of prayer warriors and financial givers to support and fuel this important mission.
As part of the body of Christ, the vision of Youth For Christ is to see every young person in every people group in every nation have the opportunity to make an informed decision to become a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of a local church.
Gabe & Emily Handy
Serving with The Jesus Film - A CRU Ministry , Orlando, FL
Gabe works as the Director of Digital and leads digital teams for the ministry, He serves as the Director of the Animated Story of Jesus (ASJ) for the Jesus Film Project, and is working to translate the Jesus film into languages for distribution worldwide.
Bill and Jill Severt
Missionaries to Liberia, Africa.
Bill and Jill are both working at ELWA Hospital in LIberia and sharing the love of Christ t those in their community.
Bill & Stacy Allison
CADRE Missionaries, Peoria, Illinois
Cadre is a donation-supported 501(C)(3) Missionary Agency that models, trains and multiplies a Jesus-like disciplemaking way of life.
We invest our lives in sharing a Jesus-like life with friends, family, co-workers and others God places in our path. We believe disciplemaking friendships, powered by God, can transform the way we follow Jesus. And so, we invite you to join us in experiencing the joy of following Jesus together.
Dave & Sandy App
Retired missionaries to Mexico, now serving in Little Rock, Arkansas
Dave and Sandy are serving the Hispanic community in their area of Little Rock, Arkansas. They are assisting at Mablevale Baptist Church in Southwest Little Rock with in-home bible studies, tract distribution in English and Spanish, and Vacation Bible School,
Jed and Katie Carter
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Papua, New Guinea
We are Jed and Katie. Our survey team conducted research among 70+ of Papua New Guinea’s language communities, communicating about and advocating for them.
We have now transitioned to Director, and we provide leadership for translation projects among 124 language communities, continue to serve the 222+ we’ve translated the New Testament with since 1956, and look for opportunities among the remainder of the 840 languages, most of which remain unwritten and without Scripture.
Stewart and Patti Humphry
EFCA - Reach Global
Stewart and Patti Humphry have served with EFCA - ReachGlobal since January 2001, first in Budapest Hungary for 13 years and more recently stateside where Stewart has been on the Connect Team and as of April 2023 now leads that team. Highlights in ministry include English Clubs, men's ministry, quilting clubs, encouraging pastors and their wives, and just getting to know other believers and seekers.
Guy and Keyla Burkhead
Ethnos 360 - Liberia, Africa
“Motivated by the love of Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit, Ethnos 360 (formerly New Tribes Mission) exists to assist the ministry of the local church through the mobilizing, equipping and coordinating of believers to evangelize unreached people groups, translate the Scriptures and see indigenous churches established that glorify God.”
Checkrow Community Church
3564 E. Checkrow Road, Avon, IL 61415
(309) 465-3078
office@checkrow.com