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Nuestra Historia<\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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La Iglesia B\u00edblica Summit tuvo su origen en 1890, cuando la Asociaci\u00f3n de Escuelas Dominicales de Lyons y Riverside Township organiz\u00f3 una escuela dominical para llegar a la creciente y floreciente comunidad de Summit. La Escuela Dominical se reun\u00eda en el edificio de una escuela p\u00fablica hasta que la oposici\u00f3n pol\u00edtica los oblig\u00f3 a mudarse. Esto los llev\u00f3 a reunirse en varios lugares hasta 1895, cuando Moses Wentworth (sobrino del ex alcalde de Chicago John Wentworth) don\u00f3 una gran extensi\u00f3n de terreno para la construcci\u00f3n de un edificio. El Domingo de Pascua, 14 de abril de 1895, se dedic\u00f3 la Capilla Wentworth en la esquina de Hunt y Douglas Avenue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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El 20 de diciembre de 1905, la Primera Iglesia Congregacional de LaGrange se sinti\u00f3 impulsada y vot\u00f3 a favor de hacerse cargo del sostenimiento de la obra en Summit. A medida que la Escuela Dominical crec\u00eda, el Superintendente Sr. C.D. Knies y otros l\u00edderes oraron y planificaron la plantaci\u00f3n de una iglesia organizada en Summit. El Sr. Knies no vivi\u00f3 para ver esto realizado. Fue llamado de esta vida en junio de 1910. El Sr. G.H. McKay fue designado para asumir el liderazgo de la obra. Con la ayuda de su liderazgo y las oraciones de sus futuros miembros, una iglesia existir\u00eda siete a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s como La Iglesia Congregacional Summit, registrada el 27 de mayo de 1917 con 35 miembros<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Siguieron a\u00f1os de crecimiento constante, y en 1919 la Capilla Wentworth se traslad\u00f3 a la parte trasera del terreno y se erigi\u00f3 un nuevo auditorio. En 1922, el Rev. J. Roy Stephenson, un joven reci\u00e9n graduado del Instituto B\u00edblico Moody, fue llamado como nuevo pastor de la iglesia. El Rev. Stephenson servir\u00eda 38 a\u00f1os en la iglesia. Bajo su direcci\u00f3n, la iglesia lleg\u00f3 a tener m\u00e1s de 200 miembros y m\u00e1s de 450 asistentes a la escuela dominical. Esto condujo a que la iglesia creciera m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de tres edificios separados con el edificio final siendo nuestra instalaci\u00f3n actual, dedicada el 22 de noviembre de 1953. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sin embargo, los a\u00f1os de bendici\u00f3n no continuaron ininterrumpidamente. Debido a las vacantes en el pastorado, la decadencia urbana y el cambio cultural en Summit, la membres\u00eda y la salud de la iglesia disminuyeron. Bajo el liderazgo del Rev. David J. Bauer, quien asumi\u00f3 el pastorado en 1988, la iglesia recuper\u00f3 la salud y la fecundidad que una vez conoci\u00f3. La iglesia creci\u00f3 bajo el liderazgo de Dave y su esposa, Dolores, con \u00e9nfasis en una generaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s joven y el ministerio de habla hispana de una iglesia de la Alianza Cristiana y Misionera sirviendo y celebrando servicios en el mismo edificio durante su pastorado. Esto sent\u00f3 las bases para el ministerio en espa\u00f1ol que tenemos hoy.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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El pastor Bauer prest\u00f3 fielmente sus servicios hasta enero de 2005, cuando el liderazgo pas\u00f3 a manos del reverendo Lee Selin, como nuevo pastor, en una combinaci\u00f3n de instalaci\u00f3n y fusi\u00f3n de la Iglesia B\u00edblica Clearing con la Iglesia B\u00edblica Summit. Esta fusi\u00f3n permiti\u00f3 a la iglesia CMA adquirir finalmente el edificio y la casa parroquial de la Iglesia B\u00edblica Clearing, cerca del aeropuerto Midway. La fusi\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n facilit\u00f3 la incorporaci\u00f3n de la SBC a la IFCA International, una comunidad de iglesias b\u00edblicas de ideas afines. El pastor Selin ejercer\u00eda como pastor hasta su repentina muerte en abril de 2011. Desde entonces, con la ayuda del ministerio de plantaci\u00f3n y revitalizaci\u00f3n de iglesias Midwest Church Extension, la SBC ha tra\u00eddo a varios pastores para que ejerzan su ministerio en la iglesia. Desde 2025, Juan Gil ha estado ejerciendo como pastor y predicando tanto en los servicios en espa\u00f1ol como en ingl\u00e9s.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>", "protected": false }, "excerpt": { "rendered": "

Our History Summit Bible Church had its origin in 1890 when a Sunday School was organized by the Lyons & Riverside Township Sunday School Association as a way of reaching the growing and flourishing community of Summit. The Sunday School met in a public school building until political opposition forced them to move out. This led them to meet in various places until 1895 when Moses Wentworth (nephew of former Chicago Mayor John Wentworth) donated a large tract of land for the construction of a building. On Easter Sunday, April 14, 1895, the Wentworth Chapel was dedicated on the corner of Hunt and Douglas Avenue.\u00a0 Wentworth Chapel On December 20, 1905, the First Congregational Church of LaGrange felt led and voted to take over the support of the work in Summit. As the Sunday School grew, Superintendent Mr. C.D. Knies and other leaders prayed and planned for an organized church to be planted in Summit. Mr. Knies did not live to see this accomplished. He was called from this life in June 1910. Mr. G.H. McKay was then appointed to take over the leadership of the work. With the help of his leadership and the prayers of its future members, a church would exist seven years later as The Summit Congregational Church, registered on May 27, 1917 with 35 members. Mr. C.D. Knies Mr. G.H. McKay Years of steady growth followed, and in 1919 the Wentworth Chapel was moved to the rear of the lot and a new auditorium was erected. In 1922, Rev. J. Roy Stephenson, a young recent graduate of the Moody Bible Institute, was called as the new pastor of the church. Rev. Stephenson would go on to serve 38 years at the church. Under his direction the church grew to over 200 members and more than 450 Sunday School attenders. This led to the church outgrowing three separate buildings with the final building being our current facility, dedicated on November 22, 1953. Our Second Building Rev. J. Roy Stephenson Yet the years of blessing did not continue uninterrupted. Due to vacancies in the pastorate, urban decline, and cultural change in Summit, the church\u2019s membership and health declined. Under the leadership of Rev. David J. Bauer, who assumed the pastorate in 1988, the church was brought back to the health and fruitfulness that it once knew. The church grew under the leadership of Dave and his wife, Dolores, with emphasis on a younger generation and the Spanish speaking ministry of a Christian & Missionary Alliance church serving and holding services in the same building during his pastorate. This laid the foundation for the Spanish ministry that we have today. Our Current Building Pastor Bauer would serve faithfully until January of 2005, when the leadership would be passed to Rev. Lee Selin, as the new pastor in a combination of Installation and merge of the Clearing Bible Church into Summit Bible Church. This merge allowed the CMA church to eventually purchase the Clearing Bible Church building and parsonage, near Midway Airport. The merge also facilitated SBC joining IFCA International, a fellowship of like minded Bible churches. Pastor Selin would serve as pastor until his sudden death in April 2011. Since then, with the help of the church planting and revitalization ministry Midwest Church Extension, SBC has brought in various pastors to minister at the church. Since 2025, Juan Gil has been serving as Pastor and preaching in both the Spanish and English services.<\/p>", "protected": false }, "author": 4, "featured_media": 0, "parent": 0, "menu_order": 0, "comment_status": "closed", "ping_status": "closed", "template": "elementor_header_footer", "meta": { "ocean_post_layout": "full-width", "ocean_both_sidebars_style": "", "ocean_both_sidebars_content_width": 0, "ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width": 0, "ocean_sidebar": "0", "ocean_second_sidebar": "0", "ocean_disable_margins": "enable", "ocean_add_body_class": "", "ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar": "", "ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar": "", "ocean_shortcode_before_header": "", "ocean_shortcode_after_header": "", "ocean_has_shortcode": "", "ocean_shortcode_after_title": "", "ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets": "", "ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets": "", "ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom": "", "ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom": "", "ocean_display_top_bar": "default", "ocean_display_header": "default", "ocean_header_style": "", "ocean_center_header_left_menu": "0", "ocean_custom_header_template": "0", "ocean_custom_logo": 0, "ocean_custom_retina_logo": 0, "ocean_custom_logo_max_width": 0, "ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width": 0, "ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width": 0, "ocean_custom_logo_max_height": 0, "ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height": 0, "ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height": 0, "ocean_header_custom_menu": "0", "ocean_menu_typo_font_family": "0", "ocean_menu_typo_font_subset": "", "ocean_menu_typo_font_size": 0, "ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet": 0, "ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile": 0, "ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit": "px", "ocean_menu_typo_font_weight": "", "ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet": "", "ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile": "", "ocean_menu_typo_transform": "", "ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet": "", "ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile": "", "ocean_menu_typo_line_height": 0, "ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet": 0, "ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile": 0, "ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit": "", "ocean_menu_typo_spacing": 0, "ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet": 0, "ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile": 0, "ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit": "", "ocean_menu_link_color": "", "ocean_menu_link_color_hover": "", "ocean_menu_link_color_active": "", "ocean_menu_link_background": "", "ocean_menu_link_hover_background": "", "ocean_menu_link_active_background": "", "ocean_menu_social_links_bg": "", "ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg": "", "ocean_menu_social_links_color": "", "ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color": "", "ocean_disable_title": "on", "ocean_disable_heading": "default", "ocean_post_title": "", "ocean_post_subheading": "", "ocean_post_title_style": "", "ocean_post_title_background_color": "", "ocean_post_title_background": 0, "ocean_post_title_bg_image_position": "", "ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment": "", "ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat": "", "ocean_post_title_bg_image_size": "", "ocean_post_title_height": 0, "ocean_post_title_bg_overlay": 0.5, "ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color": "", "ocean_disable_breadcrumbs": "default", "ocean_breadcrumbs_color": "", "ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color": "", "ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color": "", "ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color": "", "ocean_display_footer_widgets": "default", "ocean_display_footer_bottom": "default", "ocean_custom_footer_template": "0", "footnotes": "" }, "class_list": [ "post-28", "page", "type-page", "status-publish", "hentry", "entry" ], "yoast_head": "\nHistory - Summit Bible Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitbiblechurch.com\/es\/?page_id=28\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History - Summit Bible Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our History Summit Bible Church had its origin in 1890 when a Sunday School was organized by the Lyons & Riverside Township Sunday School Association as a way of reaching the growing and flourishing community of Summit. The Sunday School met in a public school building until political opposition forced them to move out. This led them to meet in various places until 1895 when Moses Wentworth (nephew of former Chicago Mayor John Wentworth) donated a large tract of land for the construction of a building. On Easter Sunday, April 14, 1895, the Wentworth Chapel was dedicated on the corner of Hunt and Douglas Avenue.\u00a0 Wentworth Chapel On December 20, 1905, the First Congregational Church of LaGrange felt led and voted to take over the support of the work in Summit. As the Sunday School grew, Superintendent Mr. C.D. Knies and other leaders prayed and planned for an organized church to be planted in Summit. Mr. Knies did not live to see this accomplished. He was called from this life in June 1910. Mr. G.H. McKay was then appointed to take over the leadership of the work. With the help of his leadership and the prayers of its future members, a church would exist seven years later as The Summit Congregational Church, registered on May 27, 1917 with 35 members. Mr. C.D. Knies Mr. G.H. McKay Years of steady growth followed, and in 1919 the Wentworth Chapel was moved to the rear of the lot and a new auditorium was erected. In 1922, Rev. J. Roy Stephenson, a young recent graduate of the Moody Bible Institute, was called as the new pastor of the church. Rev. Stephenson would go on to serve 38 years at the church. Under his direction the church grew to over 200 members and more than 450 Sunday School attenders. This led to the church outgrowing three separate buildings with the final building being our current facility, dedicated on November 22, 1953. Our Second Building Rev. J. Roy Stephenson Yet the years of blessing did not continue uninterrupted. Due to vacancies in the pastorate, urban decline, and cultural change in Summit, the church\u2019s membership and health declined. Under the leadership of Rev. David J. Bauer, who assumed the pastorate in 1988, the church was brought back to the health and fruitfulness that it once knew. The church grew under the leadership of Dave and his wife, Dolores, with emphasis on a younger generation and the Spanish speaking ministry of a Christian & Missionary Alliance church serving and holding services in the same building during his pastorate. This laid the foundation for the Spanish ministry that we have today. Our Current Building Pastor Bauer would serve faithfully until January of 2005, when the leadership would be passed to Rev. Lee Selin, as the new pastor in a combination of Installation and merge of the Clearing Bible Church into Summit Bible Church. This merge allowed the CMA church to eventually purchase the Clearing Bible Church building and parsonage, near Midway Airport. The merge also facilitated SBC joining IFCA International, a fellowship of like minded Bible churches. Pastor Selin would serve as pastor until his sudden death in April 2011. Since then, with the help of the church planting and revitalization ministry Midwest Church Extension, SBC has brought in various pastors to minister at the church. 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The Sunday School met in a public school building until political opposition forced them to move out. This led them to meet in various places until 1895 when Moses Wentworth (nephew of former Chicago Mayor John Wentworth) donated a large tract of land for the construction of a building. On Easter Sunday, April 14, 1895, the Wentworth Chapel was dedicated on the corner of Hunt and Douglas Avenue.\u00a0 Wentworth Chapel On December 20, 1905, the First Congregational Church of LaGrange felt led and voted to take over the support of the work in Summit. As the Sunday School grew, Superintendent Mr. C.D. Knies and other leaders prayed and planned for an organized church to be planted in Summit. Mr. Knies did not live to see this accomplished. He was called from this life in June 1910. Mr. G.H. McKay was then appointed to take over the leadership of the work. 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