
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Parkview Community Church is a welcoming and growing church in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, committed to leading people into a relationship with Jesus and helping them grow through community, care, and service. Parkview strives to create meaningful opportunities for people to take next steps in faith, build lasting relationships, and serve others. The church is shaped by values such as Relationship over Religion, Grace over Guilt, Compassion over Complacency, Unity over Uniformity, and Curiosity over Certainty. Parkview’s also has four distinctives that shape its ministry and community life. These are about values, practices, and perspectives that inform their approach to ministry. They include: men and women serving at all levels of leadership, a commitment to justice, financial integrity, and a teaching-team approach.
Parkview is located in Glen Ellyn, a western suburb of Chicagoland and part of DuPage County. Glen Ellyn is a village of nearly 29,000 people, while the broader county is home to more than 934,000 residents and reflects increasing ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity. This context gives Parkview a meaningful opportunity to serve both its immediate neighborhood and the wider western suburbs with the hope, grace, and compassion of Jesus.