🎙️ FRIDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHT 🎙️ Join us at Lead the City 2025 for a live taping of the Church Politics Podcast with Justin Giboney & Chris Butler! Real talk on faith, justice, and public witness—live from the Table Over Tribe mainstage. 🗓️ Friday, June 6 📍 Progressive Baptist

🎶 We’re excited to welcome Bre Bonaparte (formerly Bre Harris) as our musical guest at Lead the City 2025: Table Over Tribe! Bre Bonaparte (formerly Bre Harris) is a singer-songwriter and worship leader from the South suburbs of Chicago, blending gospel, R&B, and contemporary

City ministry can feel isolating. Political division, burnout, and cultural pressure can leave even the most faithful leaders wondering if unity is possible. That’s why Lead the City 2025: Table Over Tribe exists — to gather urban pastors, planters, and ministry leaders around

Street-Level Leadership. City-Wide Vision. Theology with a Bus Pass. Applications are now open for TCP’s Church Leadership Cohort, launching in October! This 8-month program (Oct–May) gathers 20–30 Chicago leaders one Saturday a month to learn from seasoned pastors and ministry

Street-Level Leadership. City-Wide Vision. Theology with a Bus Pass. The 2025 TCP Church Leadership Cohort is now accepting applications! This 8-month program (October–May) brings together 20–30 Chicago leaders one Saturday a month to learn from seasoned pastors and ministry

After a summer sabbatical… the TCP Weekly is back! 🎉 Your quick weekly digest of Chicago church news, events, jobs, and resources is hitting inboxes again. Check out today’s post and subscribe: tcpweekly.substack.com/p/chi-news-sep… If you’re on Substack, be sure to follow us so you can

Closing out summer in Chicago with the TCP team, enjoying good food, great friends, and meaningful conversation alongside much to celebrate. We’re excited to welcome new board and advisory board members as we look ahead to serving our city together!

We’re reflecting on seven years of cohorts as we prepare to launch the 8th year of the TCP Church Leadership Cohort tomorrow! Would you join us in praying for the new participants and for the TCP team—Brian Dye, Larry Perez, and Omar Jackson—as they serve this next group of

21 Days of Prayer 2026, a new Legacy Disciple podcast, New Life Center's Community Care Resource Center launch, and celebrating new Gospel work in churches and college campuses. Read it all on this week's TCP Weekly! open.substack.com/pub/tcpweekly/…

In partnership with Together Chicago and Chicagoland United in Prayer, we’re inviting churches and organizations across Chicago to commit to 21 Days of Prayer at the beginning of 2026. The 21 Days of Prayer will culminate in a unified gathering for our city on Sun, Feb 1 from

Brian Dye had the joy of serving as a table host at Chicagoland United in Prayer's Next Steps Lunch, where leaders from across the city gathered to connect, pray, and look ahead to 2026. We’re grateful for the friendships and shared vision that make united prayer across Chicago

Join us for A Call to Prayer in a Time of Crisis, an hour of united prayer in the heart of Little Village. Sat, Nov 1 | 4–5 PM Little Village Arch (26th & Troy) Let’s lift up Chicago together, seeking peace, healing, and hope for our neighborhoods. Hosted by New Life Centers,

The 2025 Church Leadership Cohort kicked off this month with one of our favorite traditions - a Chicago history tour led by Brian Dye! It's a powerful reminder that understanding our city’s story helps us lead it well. Here’s to a new year of learning, growth, and gospel impact

We’re excited to share that The Chicago Partnership will be leading four workshops at Exponential Central 2025, equipping pastors and planters to lead, multiply, and love their cities well. 📍 Naperville, IL | November 18–20 Comment below and let us know if we’ll see you there!

Last week we were honored to come alongside our brothers and sisters in Little Village. TCP President, Derrick Puckett reflects on the event: "'What a time... what a time, in such a time—a time of such upheaval.' These are the words that come to my mind after witnessing and

We’re feeling the need for prayer. 🙏 As we head into the holidays and the New Year, we’re grateful to partner once again with Chicagoland United in Prayer for 21 Days of Prayer 2026, uniting churches and believers across the city in prayer Jan 1 – Feb 12 and then gathering

Today in the TCP Weekly: Meet and join our network of Partner Churches - Kaitlyn Schiess at Faith & Work - Weekly Spotlights on Holy Trinity, David Dillon and Soul City Church - Jon Kelly visits New Sound Cafe. This and more at tcpweekly.substack.com - read and subscribe! 📸:

Standing shoulder to shoulder. Living verse by verse. Serving block by block. Learning to lead, listen, and lean in. Together. Join the Partnership | join-tcp.org

We’re having a blast at Exponential Central! Huge thanks to Larry Perez, Nick Rivera, Derrick Puckett, and Dexter Harris for leading powerful workshops and representing Chicago so well. Grateful to be part of this movement of church leaders multiplying the gospel!

Bring theological training to your church. With several seminary and university closures in Chicagoland, affordable and accessible theological education is needed more than ever. TCP Institute offers local courses to help fill that gap, including past classes like Intro to