West Side Leaders Host First Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2024

West Side Leaders Host First Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2024

Building Blocks of Peace is a 3-month training course (Mar, Apr, May) + 3-month mobilization effort (Jun, Jul, Aug) that helps individuals connect with others in their community to get organized, become more equipped, and deploy local faith-rooted mobilization in...
Love God. Love Neighbor. Chicagoland United in Prayer 2024

Love God. Love Neighbor. Chicagoland United in Prayer 2024

On the first Sunday of February 2024, our Faith-Community Mobilization efforts united leaders from across Chicagoland in the annual Chicagoland United in Prayer event. This year’s program “Love God. Love Neighbor.” was led by dozens of faith leaders...
Next Steps Lunch 2023 Deepens Relationships Across Chicagoland

Next Steps Lunch 2023 Deepens Relationships Across Chicagoland

Next Steps Lunch 2023 was a beautiful gathering showcasing the seasonal rhythms of Chicagoland United in Prayer, hearing from local leaders who are organizing faithful prayer and action in the communities, and deepening relationships over lunch together. We also...
Hands Across Chicago 2023 Unites Churches Across Chicago in Prayer and Action

Hands Across Chicago 2023 Unites Churches Across Chicago in Prayer and Action

Over Memorial Day Weekend 2023, we rallied churches / organizations / individuals to host united prayer and positive community presence all across the city of Chicago. Local pastors and leaders worked together with each other and their police district leaders to...
South Side Leaders Host Third Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2023

South Side Leaders Host Third Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2023

Building Blocks of Peace is a 3-month training course (Mar, Apr, May) + 3-month mobilization effort (Jun, Jul, Aug) that helps individuals connect with others in their community to get organized, become more equipped, and deploy local faith-rooted mobilization in...
Ministries Find Ways to Collaborate Despite COVID

Ministries Find Ways to Collaborate Despite COVID

For seven years now, Together Chicago has been working to reduce gun violence and increase community in Chicago by bringing faith groups, businesses and government leaders together.
North Side Leaders Host Second Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2023

North Side Leaders Host Second Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2023

Building Blocks of Peace is a 3-month training course (Mar, Apr, May) + 3-month mobilization effort (Jun, Jul, Aug) that helps individuals connect with others in their community to get organized, become more equipped, and deploy local faith-rooted mobilization in...
West Side Leaders Host First Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2023

West Side Leaders Host First Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2023

Building Blocks of Peace is a 3-month training course (Mar, Apr, May) + 3-month mobilization effort (Jun, Jul, Aug) that helps individuals connect with others in their community to get organized, become more equipped, and deploy local faith-rooted mobilization in...
A nonprofit ministers on “both sides of the gun”

A nonprofit ministers on “both sides of the gun”

Together Chicago reduces gun violence with a five-pronged strategy designed to reduce crime on the streets and improve social conditions on Chicago’s West Side.
Chicagoland United in Prayer 2023 Gathers 140+ Churches in Prayer

Chicagoland United in Prayer 2023 Gathers 140+ Churches in Prayer

On the last Sunday of January 2023, our Faith-Community Mobilization efforts united leaders from across Chicagoland in the annual Chicagoland United in Prayer event. This year’s program “Lord, Teach Us to Pray” was led by dozens of faith leaders from...
Next Steps Lunch 2022 Celebrates Faith in Action Across Chicagoland

Next Steps Lunch 2022 Celebrates Faith in Action Across Chicagoland

Next Steps Lunch 2022 was an incredible time of prayer and worship together, showcasing the seasonal rhythms of Chicagoland United in Prayer, hearing from local leaders who are organizing faithful prayer and action in the communities, and deepening relationships over...
Hands Across Chicago 2022 Unites Churches Across Chicago in Prayer and Action

Hands Across Chicago 2022 Unites Churches Across Chicago in Prayer and Action

Over Memorial Day Weekend 2022, we rallied churches / organizations / individuals to host united prayer and positive community presence all across the city of Chicago. Local pastors and leaders worked together with each other and their police district leaders to...
Faith Leaders Unite for Michigan Avenue Prayer Walk in Stand Against Violence

Faith Leaders Unite for Michigan Avenue Prayer Walk in Stand Against Violence

Leaders and parishioners from many Chicago congregations marched downtown and gathered in Millennium Park to cover the city in prayer at the start of summer this Memorial Day Weekend. Part of the annual Hands Across Chicago initiative, this walk united churches across...
South Side Leaders Host Third Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2022

South Side Leaders Host Third Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2022

Building Blocks of Peace is a 3-month training course (Mar, Apr, May) + 3-month mobilization effort (Jun, Jul, Aug) that helps individuals connect with others in their community to get organized, become more equipped, and deploy local faith-rooted mobilization in...
West Side Leaders Host Second Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2022

West Side Leaders Host Second Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2022

Building Blocks of Peace is a 3-month training course (Mar, Apr, May) + 3-month mobilization effort (Jun, Jul, Aug) that helps individuals connect with others in their community to get organized, become more equipped, and deploy local faith-rooted mobilization in...
North Side Leaders Host First Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2022

North Side Leaders Host First Building Blocks of Peace Training of 2022

Building Blocks of Peace is a 3-month training course (Mar, Apr, May) + 3-month mobilization effort (Jun, Jul, Aug) that helps individuals connect with others in their community to get organized, become more equipped, and deploy local faith-rooted mobilization in...
Biblica Provides 30,000 Bibles to Chicago

Biblica Provides 30,000 Bibles to Chicago

It is always amazing to prayerfully watch as God continues to bless the work of Together Chicago and Chicagoland United in Prayer! Late summer and early fall of 2021, Christy Davis, Senior Regional Director of Biblica for the USA, and I talked about how to facilitate...
Chicagoland United in Prayer 2022 Connects City and Suburbs in Prayer

Chicagoland United in Prayer 2022 Connects City and Suburbs in Prayer

On the last Sunday of January 2022, our Faith-Community Mobilization efforts united leaders from across Chicagoland in the annual Chicagoland United in Prayer event. While our intentions were to return to a large in-person prayer gathering, we made the decision to...
Next Steps Lunch Brings Leaders From Across Chicagoland Together

Next Steps Lunch Brings Leaders From Across Chicagoland Together

Next Steps Lunch is an annual gathering of pastors and leaders from across Chicagoland that celebrates the work of united prayer and collective action. We ‘looked back’ and shared about the rhythms of prayer, training, and engagement that took place so far...
Hands Across Chicago 2021 Unites Churches Across Chicago in Prayer and Action

Hands Across Chicago 2021 Unites Churches Across Chicago in Prayer and Action

Over Memorial Day Weekend 2021, we rallied churches / organizations / individuals to host united prayer and positive community presence all across the city of Chicago. Local pastors and leaders worked together with each other and their police district leaders to...
Building Blocks of Peace Collaborative Launches Re-Tooled Mobilization Training

Building Blocks of Peace Collaborative Launches Re-Tooled Mobilization Training

Building Collective Efficacy Towards Peace The Building Blocks of Peace initiative seeks to decrease violence in Chicago neighborhoods by building collective efficacy in local communities. Through training and organizing, the initiative endeavors to enhance “social...
Chicagoland Unites in Virtual Prayer from 7 Locations and 98 Prayer Huddles

Chicagoland Unites in Virtual Prayer from 7 Locations and 98 Prayer Huddles

The annual Chicagoland United in Prayer event, hosted on the last Sunday in January, took on a unique hybrid structure this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While we could not gather in large numbers, we hosted “united but de-centralized” prayer...
Chicagoland Unites In Prayer On The Near West Side

Chicagoland Unites In Prayer On The Near West Side

City-wide Prayer Chicagoland United in Prayer, a collaborative, city-wide prayer movement, hosted its annual Winter Prayer gathering on the Near West side of Chicago at the historic First Baptist Congregational Church. Over 1,500 people representing over 100 churches...