Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Christ Church (Ottawa, Ill)
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1838-present
History
Today Christ Church, Ottawa is one of four Episcopal congregations in LaSalle County which joined together in January 1994 to form the LaSalle County Episcopal Ministry (LCEM). This combined ministry is under the direction of a lay Board of Directors with representatives from all four congregations. The member congregations retain local governing bodies to maintain and develop local programs and to care for congregational properties and other concerns. In 2022 the four churches are served by a senior pastor, The Reverend Mark A. Geisler and other supply priests as needed. The four member congregations are: Christ Church, Ottawa (670.153); Christ Church, Streator (670.11); St. Paul’s Church, LaSalle (670.131); and St. Andrew’s in the Fields Chapel, Farm Ridge (670.69).