“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5).
On Easter Sunday, April 8, 1917, the Montrose Baptist Mission and Sunday School held its first services in a portable school building at the southwest corner of Montrose & Melvina Avenues. On Saturday, April 8, 2017, exactly one hundred years later, the sanctuary at the northeast corner of the same intersection overflowed with praise and thanksgiving to God in celebration of the church’s 100th Anniversary.
Even the casual observer must be struck by the passion, determination, fortitude, and resilience of this small but influential lighthouse for Jesus Christ in Chicago. Just as a lighthouse is strategically located to brightly shine its light and guide ships at sea into safe harbor, so the family at Montrose brilliantly shines the light and love of Christ to men, women, children and families in need of safe harbor - a place of rest and recovery from the battering storms of life.
Montrose Baptist Church has offered safe harbor throughout two world wars, the Great Depression, social upheaval, and a host of national and local distresses. Throughout 100 years of ministry, God has been faithful in equipping the Montrose family with the resources (both spiritual and physical) necessary to accomplish His purpose and His plan here in Northwest Chicago.
As we look forward to a future full of unknowns, one thing we can be certain of is God’s continued faithfulness in carrying out the work He has started. For we are “confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” May we take up the torch that has been passed on to us, lighting the way for future generations yet to come.
Jesus said, “You are the light of the world,” and He commanded us to let our light shine before others. May we continue to faithfully serve our Lord as a Lighthouse in Our Community, rescuing the perishing, offering safe harbor, lighting the way.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5).
Even the casual observer must be struck by the passion, determination, fortitude, and resilience of this small but influential lighthouse for Jesus Christ in Chicago. Just as a lighthouse is strategically located to brightly shine its light and guide ships at sea into safe harbor, so the family at Montrose brilliantly shines the light and love of Christ to men, women, children and families in need of safe harbor - a place of rest and recovery from the battering storms of life.
Montrose Baptist Church has offered safe harbor throughout two world wars, the Great Depression, social upheaval, and a host of national and local distresses. Throughout 100 years of ministry, God has been faithful in equipping the Montrose family with the resources (both spiritual and physical) necessary to accomplish His purpose and His plan here in Northwest Chicago.
As we look forward to a future full of unknowns, one thing we can be certain of is God’s continued faithfulness in carrying out the work He has started. For we are “confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” May we take up the torch that has been passed on to us, lighting the way for future generations yet to come.
Jesus said, “You are the light of the world,” and He commanded us to let our light shine before others. May we continue to faithfully serve our Lord as a Lighthouse in Our Community, rescuing the perishing, offering safe harbor, lighting the way.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5).