About Us

Who We Are

We gather every Sunday to hear from God and engage in fellowship with each other. Join us as we sing together, read scripture together, pray together, and celebrate the goodness of God together!


We believe in the power of the Gospel to transform lives, and we are committed to proclaiming Christ to our community and beyond.


Check out the video to hear a few words from Pastor Tim Gioia.

Our Beliefs

Christian Fellowship Free Church is part of the Evangelical Free Church of America and we gladly and without reservations affirm the EFCA Statement of Faith.

  • God

    We believe in one God, Creator of all things, holy, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in a loving unity of three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Having limitless knowledge and sovereign power, God has graciously purposed from eternity to redeem a people for Himself and to make all things new for His own glory.

  • The Bible

    We believe that God has spoken in the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, through the words of human authors. As the verbally inspired Word of God, the Bible is without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for salvation, and the ultimate authority by which every realm of human knowledge and endeavor should be judged. Therefore, it is to be believed in all that it teaches, obeyed in all that it requires, and trusted in all that it promises.

  • The Human Condition

    We believe that God created Adam and Eve in His image, but they sinned when tempted by Satan. In union with Adam, human beings are sinners by nature and by choice, alienated from God, and under His wrath. Only through God’s saving work in Jesus Christ can we be rescued, reconciled and renewed.

  • Jesus

    We believe that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, fully God and fully man, one Person in two natures. Jesus—Israel's promised Messiah—was conceived through the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father as our High Priest and Advocate.

  • The Work of Christ

    We believe that Jesus Christ, as our representative and substitute, shed His blood on the cross as the perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice for our sins. His atoning death and victorious resurrection constitute the only ground for salvation.

  • The Holy Spirit

    We believe that the Holy Spirit, in all that He does, glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ. He convicts the world of its guilt. He regenerates sinners, and in Him they are baptized into union with Christ and adopted as heirs in the family of God. He also indwells, illuminates, guides, equips and empowers believers for Christ-like living and service.

  • The Church

    We believe that the true church comprises all who have been justified by God's grace through faith alone in Christ alone. They are united by the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. The true church is manifest in local churches, whose membership should be composed only of believers. The Lord Jesus mandated two ordinances, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which visibly and tangibly express the gospel. Though they are not the means of salvation, when celebrated by the church in genuine faith, these ordinances confirm and nourish the believer.

  • Christian Living

    We believe that God's justifying grace must not be separated from His sanctifying power and purpose. God commands us to love Him supremely and others sacrificially, and to live out our faith with care for one another, compassion toward the poor and justice for the oppressed. With God’s Word, the Spirit’s power, and fervent prayer in Christ’s name, we are to combat the spiritual forces of evil. In obedience to Christ’s commission, we are to make disciples among all people, always bearing witness to the gospel in word and deed.

  • Christ’s Return

    We believe in the personal, bodily and glorious return of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ, at a time known only to God, demands constant expectancy and, as our blessed hope, motivates the believer to godly living, sacrificial service and energetic mission.

  • Response and Eternal Destiny

    We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe the gospel by turning to Him in repentance and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment and the believer to eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth, to the praise of His glorious grace. Amen.


Our Mission, Our Vision, Our Values

We are committed to living out the values of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are a church dedicated to love God, love others, and share the good news of Jesus Christ with the world.

  • Our Mission
    Becoming Christlike, Proclaiming Christ

    We want to make disciples that make disciples. A disciple follows Jesus in pursuing to grow in becoming more like Him every day. As we pursue our growth in this area we seek to tell others the good news of who Christ is and the new life He offers.

    Matthew 26:18-20 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

  • Our Vision
    A lighthouse in Roscoe Village, Chicago, and The World

    We SHINE the light of the Gospel with our words and in our actions;


    We WELCOME anyone who is searching for a place of rest;


    We SEND people out to follow the calling of God in their lives.


    Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

  • Our Values
    Loving God and Loving People

    Bible Centered Preaching/Teaching: We love scripture and want everything we do to be grounded in it.


    Intentional Community: We love the gift of relationships. We believe that community is built by each individual person choosing to engage in meaningful relationships.


    Multi-Generational Relationships: We love that God has granted to our congregation people representing multiple generations. We celebrate this reality through all of our events and ministries.


    Devotion to Prayer: We love that God has given us through prayer 24/7 complete and total access to himself in order that we would bring all things to him. And that’s what we want to do.

    Mark 12:30-31 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”