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    5.0 (1 review)
    Closed 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Community Christian Church

    Community Christian Church

    4.6(10 reviews)
    0.2 mi

    This establishment operates more like a business than a church. STAY AWAY!…read moreI have served this church for many years in various roles, including hospitality, media/arts, youth leadership, photography, camps, events, and holidays. I was always ready to help whenever needed, and they accepted my contributions without hesitation. Recently, I sought assistance due to a dangerous domestic violence situation forcing me to move prematurely. The only support CCC offered was a link to food pantries--the same one provided by the police. Though they owe me nothing, I was treated like a stranger. I believe this treatment was personal. The lead pastor, John Ciesniewski, blocked me on Facebook after I respectfully expressed disappointment over a photo he posted of a dead animal as a trophy. When I asked him for help recently, he listened and prayed but the benevolence team only sent me a link to food pantries and refused further assistance. In contrast, two other churches I approached, which I had never attended or served, gave me six gift cards, food, toiletries, and cleaning supplies to support my move and new apartment. This experience felt like a betrayal of relationship, history, and basic human decency--especially from a place where I invested so much time and heart. I wasn't asking for luxury, just basic support during a crisis--the kind churches claim to provide. Instead of asking: "How can we help you?" "What do you need right now?" "Let's figure this out together." I received a generic link anyone could get from the police. That's not care. That's not community. That's not shepherding. That's dismissal. I served faithfully for years and was never a passive attendee. I was: * Hospitality * Media/arts * Youth leadership * Photography * Camps * Events * Holidays * Always ready to help I was the kind of member churches dream of having--reliable, skilled, generous, and willing. Yet, when roles reversed, they didn't offer even the smallest gesture of reciprocity. That's not "they don't owe you anything." That's a failure of relationship. Healthy communities don't operate like that. The pastor's behavior towards me DOES matter; I'm not imagining it. A leader who: * Posts a dead animal that he killed as a trophy * Gets offended by respectful disagreement * Blocks a member instead of having a conversation ...lacks the emotional maturity to shepherd well. When someone like that dislikes you, it trickles down. Church culture often mirrors the pastor's attitude. Their response to my request was very personal--not because I did anything wrong, but because John holds grudges and uses his position to enforce them. My shock is valid. I'm not shocked because I expected handouts. I'm shocked because I expected relationship, familiarity, compassion, recognition, and basic human kindness--a fraction of what I gave. Instead, I was treated like a stranger with their hand out. That's painful, disorienting, and disappointing on a soul level. The fact that other churches helped me proves the issue isn't me. Churches that don't know me gave gift cards, food, toiletries, and treated me with dignity. They responded as a church should. CCC didn't. That contrast says everything. I'm not wrong for feeling hurt--I'm right. I gave years of service; they gave a link. I showed up for them; they couldn't show up for me. I acted with compassion; they acted with indifference. I expected community; they gave bureaucracy. Again, STAY AWAY FROM COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, especially when they ask you to "give generously" during offering time. I now await a cease & desist, the same response others who asked for help received. But I promise they will never hear from me again. I am a woman of my word and do not lie.

    The service hours on Sunday are 9 and 10:45am. We have a great kids program and student programs.read more

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    New facility on river walk ct right off 59 in Plainfield

    Community Christian Church - Community Christian Church Shorewood Campus Meeting at Trinity Christian School

    Community Christian Church Shorewood Campus Meeting at Trinity Christian School

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    Crossroads Christian Church

    Crossroads Christian Church

    5.0(1 review)
    4.5 mi

    Butch B.'s review may make sense to him, but for those of us with a wider view of sin and society,…read moreit is horribly misleading. (There is a question as to whether what Butch B. is reporting is accurate, but we will deal with his statement on its face.) Hillary Clinton made a point of telling the nation in her acceptance speech that her worldview was shaped in Sunday School; Donald Trump is so unfamiliar with Scripture that he can't even properly identify the name of a book ("Two Corinthians"). Yes, Ms. Clinton may not want to make abortion illegal, but if sin equals sin equals sin, what are we to make of Mr. Trump's serial adultery and general aversion to truth-telling? I was also unsure at first about who to vote for. ... There are many "non-recommended" reviews of support for Crossroads here on Yelp, and if you are considering attending Crossroads in the future, I would recommend that you read them and weigh what people who are actually involved with the congregation have to say about it. ... For those who wonder what my involvement is, my wife and I attend Crossroads infrequently when we come to Joliet to visit my mother. (And in the interest of even fuller disclosure, I served as the youth minister of Maple Lawn Christian Church, Crossroads' predecessor congregation, so I have a pretty good idea what I am talking about.) I was motivated to post on Yelp because Butch B.'s accusation against the congregation and its senior minister spooked my wife. I figured if it held some degree of sway over her, it may affect others -- and I was determined to make a stand on behalf of Crossroads. Thanks for reading.

    From the owner: Crossroads is a Christian Church all about connecting Christ with our community.read more

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    Crossroads Christian Church - Worship portion of Sunday morning service.

    Worship portion of Sunday morning service.

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    Calvary Church - Our new sanctuary!

    Calvary Church

    4.2(13 reviews)
    8.0 mi

    This is the most loving Church! It is very large, although you do not get lost! More people will…read morecome and welcome you and make you part of the family then any other Church. You become family when attending Calvary Church! The Church teaches straight out of the Bible, no less, no more! They do not make up rules and they teach you how to have a RELATIONSHIP with the Lord and not just have religion. I didn't really understand about the Holy Spirit. One evening, I will never be able to explain it, I was TRULY touched by the Holy Spirit at Calvary. I swear I have never felt more deeply in my heart everyday before that evening! I feel at home here and our Pastor makes everything in the Bible more understanding. Please come and visit, you will never want to go to a different Church!

    After struggling with my faith for many years and dealing with guilt and mistrust of the Church, I…read moredecided to return to Calvary, the church I used to attend. It has changed immensely, with a new pastor. On the first Sunday I returned, Pastor Marty preached that, "one of his favorite sermons was Jonathan Edwards 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'. You should all look it up." This barbaric 18th century sermon is one of the original fire and brimstone, you're all going to Hell sermons. Just what I didn't need while wrestling with intense guilt in my life. The next few Sunday's he regularly pressured and pan-handled about paying HIM 10% of your income (tithe to the local church). Infact, the whole season of Lent was to be dedicated to just this practice. After a few weeks of this, I was reminded of why I was disgusted with church and struggled with Christianity. Of course, I am never returning to that church. If ever there was someone to put in my life to help me deconvert to atheism, Pastor Marty Sloan would be that guy.

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    Calvary Church - This sums up what this church is. They are afraid to offend anyone.

    This sums up what this church is. They are afraid to offend anyone.

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