Present
The Bloomingdale Church congregation is people from a variety of backgrounds who appreciate the church’s commitment to the Bible as God’s Word and its practical application to daily life.
Past
Bloomingdale Church began as a new congregation on April 2, 1978. Several families from the Lombard Bible Church and Blanchard Alliance Church in Wheaton joined together to plant the church. Starting with five families, the church met in a local school. In the initial years, Dr. David Riemenschneider invested a lot of effort doing a systematic door-to-door survey in the neighborhoods and invited people to the church. The congregation grew and moved to a building on the present five-acre parcel on Glen Ellyn Road in July 1979. The property also included a small brick farmhouse that is still a part of the church campus.
In 1984, the young congregation took a big step of faith and a major financial commitment to construct the present sanctuary. Five years later in 1989, the congregation added a large activity center with a vision to provide a place for the youth. The church acted as its own contractor and completed the activity center in 1990. In 1993, the congregation built the brown parsonage on the church campus. In 1995, the congregation embraced the challenge of doubling the size of the sanctuary and adding seven new classrooms, including the Solid Grounds Coffee House. In 2006, the congregation worked together to build a third parsonage on the church campus, designed to host missionary families as well as student pastors.
On Mothers Day 2007, the Bloomingdale Church family broke ground on the Phase Four addition. This building now provides a place for large group meetings, new children’s classrooms, elevator, library and additional parking.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4469019085639897548Over the years, many new friends have come into the Bloomingdale Church family. Some have discovered a personal relationship with Christ at Bloomingdale Church; others have been nurtured in their faith and challenged to a growing walk with Christ. Bloomingdale Church has been a part of the ordination of a dozen assistant pastors and has assisted in the launching of several other local churches.
Future
Our mission statement affirms our priorities for the future. We seek to be a “worshiping, praying, learning, caring, and outreaching community.” Though our programs continually change with the times, our commitment to the essential Biblical purposes of the church remains the same.
12/11/2008 at 5:04 pm
HEy whoever did this web site is a real creative, professional person.
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12/13/2008 at 11:04 am
Wow what an exciting time in Bloomingdale schurch. God is moving and the His people’s lives are being changed. This is a great thing.
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01/27/2009 at 2:42 pm
Bloomingdole Church is the best Church I have ever had the honor of attending, as well as being a member of. I am moving too far to continue being a regular attending member, but I will always hold a place in my heart for all the wonderful individuals and families I met there. Every chance I get I will visit you all. In closing if anyone reading this is in the process of looking for a Spiritual home for you and your family, your search is over. Give The Family of Bloomingdale Church a chance to win you over as they did my Family and Friends. I LOVE all of you.
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05/08/2009 at 12:07 pm
Was Bloomingdale Church formerly known as Bloomingdale Baptist? I was a member of that church around 1975 with the Dan Granzows and the Werner Berghoffs. Please let me know if I am on the right track.
Thank you so much.
Roberta Vietti
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May 11th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Bloomingdale Baptist was a different church. They met on Edgewater Drive. A couple of years ago the church sold their property. We were sad to see them go!
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10/14/2009 at 11:53 am
I moved to Crystal Lake in 2006 and STILL cannot find a church that comes close to what I found at Bloomingdale Church. Zac and I miss the sermons, the people and the wonderful connection.
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