The Illinois State Historical Society sponsors an Illinois Sesquicentennial Award honoring historic churches, synagogues, meeting houses, and congregations organized in the Prairie State 150 or more years ago. This year the Historical Society honored 58 churches in Illinois, which were established prior to 1864. All of the congregations were founded during or prior to the Civil War. This was a time when the issue of slavery divided many congregations and gave birth to many others. Our church was one of 58 churches honored with this distinction at a luncheon on Saturday, July 27.
Reflecting Christ's Light from Our Doorsteps to the Ends of the Earth
2013 Illinois Sesquicentennial Church Award
