Catholic

Holy Family Parish
316 S. Logan
         217-732-4019

Pastor:
 Rev. R. Anthony Lee

Liturgy schedule:
  Sat. 5:00PM
  Sun. 7:30AM, 9:30AM
            & 10:30AM

Website:
www.holyfamilylincoln.com
E-mail:
info@holyfamilylincoln.com

Christian

Lincoln Christian Church
204 N. McLean
         217-732-7618

Preaching minister:
John Castelein

Worship:
  8:30AM & 11:00AM
Website: www.lincolnchristianchurch.org


Prairieland Christian Church
P.O. Box 108, 1st St. Hartsburg, IL 62643
         217-642-0415

Minister:
 Vance Russell

Sunday School:  9:30AM
Worship: 10:30AM

Episcopal

Trinity Episcopal Church
402 Pekin St., Lincoln
         217-732-7609
Pastor:
 James Cravens
Worship:  

 7:30 & 9:45AM Sunday
 9:00AM Wednesday

Independent

Kingdom Life Ministries
2500 Woodlawn Road
         217-732-1466
Pastor: Joe Bennett
Worship:  
 10AM & 6:30PM Sunday


Lincoln Bible Church
2316 N. Kickapoo St., Lincoln
      
  217-735-5959
Pastors:

 
Don Hoover
 Ron Denlinger
Worship: 10AM Sunday
Sunday School: 9AM
Home prayer meeting (call for location): 6:30PM
Overcomers in Christ:
 7PM Tuesday 

Lutheran

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
1140 N. State St., Lincoln
         217-735-9320
Pastor: Blair Kasfeldt
Worship: 10AM Sunday
Sunday School: 9AM
E-mail: gslc@ccaonline.com


Immanuel Lutheran Church  ELCA
1409 Pulaski St., Lincoln
         217-732-6777
Pastor: Dan Wissmann
Worship: 9AM Sunday
Sunday School: 10:15AM
Praise Service:
 5PM Saturday

United Methodist

First United Methodist Church
302 Broadway St.,  Lincoln
         217-732-2204
Pastor:  Jame Hahs

Worship:  
 8:30 & 11AM Sunday
Sunday School:  9:45 AM
Website: www.gbgm-umc.org/
lincoln1stumc/index.html

Pentecostal

To inquire about listing your congregation's worship information, please e-mail us at ldn@lincolndailynews.com or call us at (217) 732-7443.

 

Lincoln Bible Church welcomes new minister          Send a link to a friend

[AUG. 22, 2005]  Ron Denlinger officially joined the Lincoln Bible Church pastoral staff, effective Aug. 1. He and Don Hoover will serve together in pastoral team leadership. Hoover, who founded the church 16 years ago, will continue as senior pastor. Denlinger is taking the role of administrative pastor. The two pastors will share equally in the Sunday morning preaching.


Greeting worshippers are new minister Ronald Denlinger (left) and Don Hoover (right), now team ministering at Lincoln Bible Church.
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Both Hoover and Denlinger feel strongly about the value of team ministry. Although this principle is often overlooked in smaller church contexts, they are convinced it results in greater ministry effectiveness. They see Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 as a key biblical text for this strategy: "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work…"

Denlinger has 18 years of ministry experience. Following graduation from Lancaster Bible College, he served as a youth pastor in his home church -- Paradise Mennonite Church. He planted two churches: Lebanon Bible Church in Lebanon, Conn., and Community Bible Fellowship Church in Red Hill, Pa. A few years ago, Denlinger assisted in a team ministry in a small rural Baptist church in Pownal, Vt.

Over the past five years the Denlingers have had a unique ministry to field staff for the Rural Home Missionary Association. They've traveled to each of the small-town fields of association, encouraging and counseling pastors in their ministries. The Denlingers' only house was a 31-foot motor home. That changed a few months ago when they purchased a home in Lincoln. Though they are now settled into a permanent dwelling, they will continue to travel a few months each year in their continuing part-time responsibilities with the Rural Home Missionary Association.

Ron and his wife, Joan, have two children: daughter Kari, 18, and son Jeremy, 11. Kari is severely disabled, from birth, with an undiscovered underlying diagnosis. Ron and Joan see her as an integral part of their life and ministry.

In March of 2002 the Denlingers co-authored a book about being a family with a disabled child. They entitled it "Joy in a Foreign Land: How a family can stay together when their world is coming apart." Through this self-published book and several speaking engagements, they've had a ministry of encouragement to many families.

[News release]


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