'Often I have found congregations that claimed to be dedicated to Jesus, but were silent on justice, or vice versa,' he said. His vision informs the church's motto: 'Passionate about Jesus. Jamie Frazier, Lighthouse Church of Chicago's founder and senior pastor, began planning the congregation last year after wishing to experience an open and inclusive congregation rooted in African-American church traditions. So far, Thursday Nights Together has averaged between 15 and 20 attendees since gatherings began in early April.
Otherwise known as TNT, the event is held every Thursday 7- 8:30 p.m.
Lighthouse Church of Chicago recently launched Thursday Nights Together, a weekly meeting featuring music, worship, a brief sermon and breakout discussions. However, a new church in the South Loop will add to that number. If you attempted to count the number of Chicago congregations led by openly gay, Black ministers, you'd probably struggle to get to 10. This article shared 16734 times since Wed May 15, 2013
