About Us

OUR MISSION

We desire to help people KNOW Jesus Christ as Savior, to GROW with Jesus Christ as Lord in a multicultural community of disciples and to SHOW Jesus Christ as reality through the power of the Holy Spirit and prayer as we worship and serve in the world together.

We are an American Baptist Church founded in January of 2002. Our church is a place of worship founded on biblical teaching and experiencing this message through various forms of the arts (drama, music, dance, etc.). Our distinctiveness comes in our family style and size church, in blended and intergenerational Christ-centered worship, with a growing multicultural family.

STAFF

Reverend Dr. Mary Lou Codman –Wilson - Pastor Mary Lou is the only pastor to have served at Christ Community Church. She helped found the church in 2001 as an amalgamation of two smaller churches: Hope Fellowship Church, of whom she was the pastor, and Geneva Road Baptist Church. Through her gifts and calling as an equipper the church has equipped and sent out 22 people over the past 10 years to serve God in full time ministry in the U.S. and the world.

Trisha Fallon- Trisha Fallon is our new Office Administrator. She has grown up in the Chicago suburbs and has lived in Wheaton for the past 12 years. This past May (of 2009) she graduated from Wheaton College with degrees in both Anthropology and Bible/Theology. Her Wheaton experiences included being a campus tour guide, playing varsity water polo, spending summers at HoneyRock (Wheaton College's Northwood’s campus), and living in downtown Chicago during Wheaton's Urban Studies program. She loves working with people and hearing their stories. Aside from her work at the church, she works part-time for World Relief and is thinking about pursuing a Masters in Social Work (MSW). She is excited for this opportunity to serve at Christ Community Church.

Micah Clark began his musical studies at the age of 5 on the piano and cello. His parents were both musicians who encouraged his studies, enrolling him in choir and orchestra. From a young age, he enjoyed improvising and composing at the piano, performing original works in recitals at his church. Currently, Micah Clark is a senior at Wheaton College studying music composition with Howard Whitaker and David Gordon, and studying cello with J. Lincoln Smelser. In addition to music, Micah enjoys film, literature, and the great outdoors. He spends his summers in the Adirondack Mountains, working as a counselor at a Christian Camp for boys. This year at Christ Community Church, he will serve as principal conductor of the choir.

Matt Young - Matt Young has been leading the praise team since September 2008. He loves music and songwriting. He is a sophomore at Wheaton College with a Bible and Theology major. He currently plans to enter youth ministry in the future. Matt also enjoys reading, long walks in the park, and sipping water from a Nalgene bottle.

Jessy Rawlings- We are delighted to welcome Jessy Rawlings as intern and Worship Assistent for 2009-2010. Jessy is an MDiv student at Northern Baptist Seminary, and comes to the church with her husband Zach and young son Micah.

Jon Foiles- Jon Foiles has been the Young Adult Director at Christ Community Church since August 2008. He is now the Pastoral Assistant. Jon is currently a first-year M. Div. student at Northern Baptist Seminary in Lombard and plans to seek ordination in the ABC-USA after he graduates in May 2011. He is originally from the small town of Hammond, IL, and has a B.A. (Hons.) from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in English & Philosophy.