In the fall of 1975, Wayne Gordon began teaching and coaching at Farragut High School on Chicago’s Westside.  At that time, Wayne moved into an apartment in the Lawndale Community and began a Fellowship of Christian Athletes Bible Study.  From this core group of high school students, Wayne and Anne Gordon, along with a mother of several of the boys, the idea of starting a church was first conceived.  With a meeting of fifteen people in March of 1978, Lawndale Community Church moved from a dream to a reality. 

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The vision of Lawndale Community Church seeks to create a community of authentic believers and to witness a city transformed by the life changing reality of the gospel, as people come to know Jesus as their lord and savior. Lawndale Community Church is a non-denominational Christian Church that seeks to provide a place to worship Jesus Christ.  We place importance on a personal relationship with God through His Son Jesus Christ and growth in Him through the study of God’s Word – the Bible.  The church is to be a witness of Christ’s Gospel by meeting both the spiritual and physical needs of the community through involvement in people’s lives.