Nearly 40 evangelical churches are sprinkled across Bureau County, a rural area about two hours southwest of Chicago covered in tens of thousands of acres of corn, soybeans, and wheat.
“In my experience, the church has not always functioned in the spirit of unity,” said Brian Strom, senior pastor of Christ Community Church in Princeton, the county seat. “We may have tried to feel a spirit of unity, and we may have given pats on each other’s back to say, ‘Hey, I love you, brother,’ but when it came to actual, functional unity, for us to actually accomplish that Great Commission together, I’ve not seen that.”
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