Win The City. Win The World! » west town http://winthecity.org What unspeakable grace to pray to God in intercession for the city and for the world! Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:40:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 “American society is changing, so people are drawn to untraditional venues and untraditional expressions of worship,” said Soong-Chan Rah, professor of church growth at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago. “These are all attempts … to integrate faith in their everyday lives.” http://winthecity.org/2009/12/04/american-society-is-changing-so-people-are-drawn-to-untraditional-venues-and-untraditional-expressions-of-worship-said-soong-chan-rah-professor-of-church-growth-at-north-park-theological-semina/ http://winthecity.org/2009/12/04/american-society-is-changing-so-people-are-drawn-to-untraditional-venues-and-untraditional-expressions-of-worship-said-soong-chan-rah-professor-of-church-growth-at-north-park-theological-semina/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:42:59 +0000 Mark http://winthecity.org/?p=584

Pastor Mark Bergin, right, leads a morning prayer group at Eckhart Park

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In West Town, that guy is Mark Bergin, 29, who leads prayer meetings wearing a cap embroidered with the Guinness logo. The self-described “hot-dog-eating, baseball-loving, tool-owning missionary” is part of the church planting movement in the United States — an effort to start thousands of churches a year that reach people in more culturally relevant ways.

When he moved from Seattle a few months ago to start a church on Chicago’s West Side, he met more than 50 potential churchgoers by visiting neighborhood coffee houses and bars, including the Chipp Inn across from his house.

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