Simon Cox Blog: Sunday Journeys—Serving as Interim at Moody Church

Sunday, 17 July 2016

Sunday Journeys—Serving as Interim at Moody Church

Looking forward to serving Moody Church in the coming months.

Normally in this space, I share about places where I've been preaching, to point out something helpful or instructive in that context. I plan to catch up on that soon.

However, my outside preaching and teaching will soon be drastically reduced as I do something I have not done in a while—serve as an interim.

An interim is a pastor who serves between pastors, helping the church to have consistent Bible teaching, while they search for a new pastor.

Starting September 11, I'll be serving as the Interim Teaching Pastor at the Moody Church in Chicago. I’ll be speaking three out of four of the morning services there.

As you may know, long-term pastor Erwin Lutzer retired earlier this year. He's a well-loved and globally known pastor, with a global radio ministry. Actually, the church has been on radio for decades, including Dr. Lutzer's Running to Win, the Moody Church Hour, and Songs in the Night.

If you are so inclined, pay us a visit at Moody Church. It's a landmark in Chicago, and tourists from around the world visit, but it's also a thriving congregation, seeking to make much of Jesus in the heart of Chicago. I'm glad to be a small part of that effort and to encourage them in this interim time.

The Moody Church campus is located at the corners of North Avenue, Clark Street, and LaSalle Street in Higland Park (1630 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614). The auditorium is a marvel. From Wikipedia:

The resulting building remains the largest non-pillared auditorium in the Chicago area, and has permanent seating for 3,740 people, 2,270 on the main floor and 1,470 in the balcony. The curved balcony was one of the earliest examples of cantilevered construction, and its curvature – as well as the rest ...