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WORSHIP AND PRAYER MONDAY NIGHTS
Come join us every week as we pursue Jesus at our Monday Night Prayer meeting. This is our core large-group prayer meeting that we describe as “the engine” of our ministry. We meet on the main floor of the Chi Alpha ministry house (1309 W. Main Street) across from Bradley’s campus. We also have daily prayer […]
ASCEND CHURCH SUNDAY MORNINGS
Come join us for church every Sunday morning at 10:00 am at the Chi Alpha House (XA House) – 1309 W. Main St. Peoria, IL. Ascend Church was established in 2008 to serve students’ need for a home church and to provide a place for alumni to continue to invest in Chi Alpha students. Sunday […]
FRIDAY NIGHT OFF-CAMPUS STUDENT MEETING
There’s nothing more encouraging than living life together, loving the Word and pressing on! Every Friday during the semester, we meet as a student group at our Chi Alpha House to share food, testimonies, prayer requests and a short bible study. The Chi Alpha House is located on Main Street next door to Avanti’s (across […]
Reconciling Students to Christ: Transforming the University, the Marketplace and the World!
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ABOUT USOur Guiding Mission
Discipleship
D We are called to: ► Impart a love for Jesus and His Word. ► Cultivate the character of Christ in the context of relationship. ► Reproduce disciple-makers who will purposefully invest the Word of God in faithful men and women.
Prayer
P We are called to: ► Experience and enjoy Bridegroom intimacy and the power of the Holy Spirit. ► Contend for the purposes of God through intercession. ► Partner with Jesus to establish justice and righteousness in our city through night and day prayer until He returns.
Fellowship
F We are called to: ► Grow together as part of the body of Christ, encouraging one another in Spirit-empowered relationship. ► Share our lives, walking in the light, exemplifying the family of God on earth. ► Gather together, practicing creative hospitality through sharing meals and meeting needs, both practical and relational.
Internationals
I We are called to: ► Lay hold of God’s heart for the nations through relationship with internationals. ► Demonstrate God’s love through hospitality and service to people from other lands. ► Partner with Jesus for the in-gathering of His inheritance among the nations.
Worship
W We are called to: ► Praise God extravagantly through skillful song ► Release creative expressions of God’s heart through the arts ► Raise up a dwelling place of God on the earth through continual praise and worship before His throne.
Evangelism
E We are called to: ► Boldly proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, compelled by God’s love. ► Seek and save the lost through our lifestyle, outreach and demonstration of His Spirit and power. ► Empower believers to labor in the imminent and unprecendented harvest.