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In the mid-1970s, a group of high schoolers and their former youth pastor started a church in a movie theater and named it ...

Michigan megachurch pastor David Dummitt, a Wheaton College graduate, will start this June. (RNS) — Willow Creek Community Church announced this evening that David Dummitt, a megachurch pastor from ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Willow Creek Community Church kicked off a two-day leadership summit in South Barrington on Thursday, just hours after church elders and the new lead pastor announced they are stepping ...

All seven church campuses to host World Food Fair events, celebrating the diversity and cultures of Chicago-area Willow locations Submitted by Natalie Bellantuono Willow Creek Community Church will ...

SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill. (WLS) -- The elders of the Willow Creek Community Church will step down following the launch of an investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct were leveled against the ...

SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Church officials have launched an independent investigation after a pastor was accused of sexual misconduct at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington.

A council of Christian leaders tapped to review last year’s tumultuous exit of Bill Hybels from Willow Creek Community Church has concluded that claims of “sexually inappropriate words and actions” ...

Volunteer at Willow Creek molested boy with special needs in 2013 A Cook County judge has allowed an attorney to seek additional financial damages in a lawsuit against Willow Creek Community Church in ...

Every Sunday, about 50 kids, teens and adults with developmental disabilities gather for the Special Friends ministry at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington. The ministry organizes ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Willow Creek Community Church paid upwards of $3 million to settle two separate lawsuits connected to the sexual abuse of two developmentally disabled boys by a church volunteer. The ...