Harvest Bible Chapel
| Harvest Bible Chapel | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rolling Meadows, Illinois |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Non-Denominational, Evangelical Christian |
| Website | www.harvestbiblechapel.org |
| History | |
| Founder(s) | James MacDonald |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | James MacDonald |
Harvest Bible Chapel is a non-denominational, Evangelical Christian church originating in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, with six satellite campuses in the greater Chicago area. It was founded on September 18, 1988. Each weekend, more than 13,000 gather to sit under the preaching of founding and Senior Pastor James MacDonald at Harvest Bible Chapel's seven campuses.
The church's unusual scale led to its inclusion in Outreach Magazine's "Top 100 Fastest Growing Churches in America" and "Top 100 Largest Churches in America".
The mission of Harvest Bible Chapel is to glorify God through the fulfillment of the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20). The church’s purpose is to be obedient to the mission and make authentic disciples of Christ who follow His ways in their Worship, Walk and Work.
Harvest Bible Chapel started as a group of 18 people from 5 different churches meeting at Rolling Meadows High School. James MacDonald, then 27 years old, was invited to be the Senior Pastor. The group developed a vision for the church, which grew into the Four Pillars – Unapologetic Preaching, Unashamed Adoration, Unceasing Prayer, and Unafraid Witness – continued to be practiced today. On September 18, 1988, Harvest Bible Chapel was launched at Rolling Meadows High School with 207 in attendance.
James S. MacDonald (born 1960), an American evangelical pastor, Bible teacher, and author, has served as the church’s Senior Pastor throughout its existence. MacDonald's preaching emphasizes the authority of the Bible practically applied in a compelling and understandable way.
Born in London, Ontario, MacDonald is a graduate of London Baptist Bible College (BA in Theology, 1984), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (MA in Religion, 1988) and Phoenix Seminary (D. Min, 1996).
MacDonald was ordained at Riverside Baptist Church in Windsor, Ontario, in 1985. In 1988, recruited by a small group of ministry partners, MacDonald and his wife, Kathy, founded Harvest Bible Chapel.
Since 1997, his daily Bible-teaching ministry has been extended through Walk in the Word, which is available by radio and television. Further extension of his ministry includes: Harvest Christian Academy; the church planting network Harvest Bible Fellowship; Harvest Training Center for church-planting pastors; a recording ministry, Vertical Church Band; and a feature-filmmaking ministry, Vertical Church Films.
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