1940-1945
- Organized on August 18, 1940 in Miller Dining Hall, Olivet Nazarene University (College)
- 30 charter members primarily from Olivet faculty
- No regular pastor--four men shared preaching responsibilities
- Rev. Walter Morris called as pastor in 1941 and served until 1945--purchased parsonage at 95 Beaudoin Street
- College Church continued to meet on the Olivet campus for the next 15 years
1946-1952
1945-48 Dr. Price--Senior Pastor
- Established church building fund
- Goal of saving $1,000 a month (approximately $10,000 a month in today's dollars)
1948-52 Dr. Lloyd Byron--Senior Pastor
- Sold old parsonage and purchased 315 N. Center Ave. in Bradley
- Built Sunday School annex and redecorated Howe Chapel
1952-19561952-56 Dr. Nees--Senior Pastor
- 1953 Began radio broadcast of Sunday morning services
- 1953 Acquired site for new church by trading one lot west of Burke for 8 lots at current site
- 1954 Finalized architectural drawings and started construction
- November 20, 1955 Building dedicated
- Building cost--$262,300 ($4,400 per capita cost in '99 dollars)
- Funding source:
Cash--$119,900
Mortgage--$129,400
Other--$13,000
1957-19731957-67 Dr. Nash--Senior Pastor
- Hired first Associate/Youth Pastor
- Launched Kindergarten program in 1958
Goal--Top-ranking kindergarten program as ranked by ordinary standards with a Christian/Nazarene influence
- Established Junior Society--Children's Sunday School for ages 4-11
- 1960 Built 3-story educational building (south transept)
1968-73 Dr. Don Irwin--Senior Pastor
- Hired first Christian Education Director
- Completed original master plan with the construction of the Leist Chapel (north transept)
- New ministry programs--Men's Fellowship, Youth Athletics, Children's Church
- 1969 Began two worship services on Sunday morning
- 1970 Chancel Choir presented first Easter cantata
- 1973 Recommended building expansion for choirs, Sunday School classrooms, social and recreational facilities, and a lighted parking lot
1974-19821974-78 Dr. Bill Draper--Senior Pastor
- Fall 1975 started live telecast of Sunday evening services
- "Hope Line" inspirational phone message ministry
- Began cassette tape ministry
- Began counseling services
- 1977 Hired full-time minister of music
1979-80 Rev. Jay Baynum--Senior Pastor
1981-82 Dr. Melvin McCullough--Senior Pastor
- Christian Life Center proposal
1983-19911983-91 Dr. John Bowling--Senior Pastor
- Dedicated CLC in May, 1985--cost of $975,000--financed by $650,000 in debt and $325,000 in cash and pledges
- 1986 Worked with American Institute of Church Growth to evaluate and implement a program of outreach and ministry--a large-scale systematic outreach program led by and executed by the laity
- 1988 Reorganized the church board into eight elected positions--each elected position chaired a related committee
- 1990 Celebrated the 59th Anniversary of College Church of the Nazarene
- Established Network Serving Seminar for discovering your spiritual gifts
- Began small group ministry
1992-20031992-2003 Dr. Dan Boone--Senior Pastor
- Significant growth in morning worship attendance
- All debt eliminated by July, 1996
- Expansion of Sunday morning worship services to three
- Implementation of a seeker sensitive Sunday morning worship service
- Adult Sunday School classes moved from Sunday morning to Sunday night
- Vacation Bible School transitioned to JOY University
2003-May 2005
November 2003 - May 2005 Dr. Dan Boone & Dr. Jeff Crosno--Co-Senior Pastors
Dr. Dan Boone and Dr. Jeff Crosno become co-Senior Pastors of College Church to facilitate the extension of the College Church ministry to a multi-campus approach
November 2004 College Church opens second facility at 6000 North Road in Bourbonnais to expand their outreach into the community
May 1, 2005 College Church dedicates their North Campus facility
May 2005 - June 2007
May 2005 - June 2007 Dr. Jeff Crosno--Senior Pastor
