Offices: 1111 N. Wells St. Suite 500
Chicago, IL 60610 - 312.573.8800
| LaSalle Street Church | Ministries, Ministry Partners and Foundation | |
| Breaking Bread, Bridging, Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic (CGLA), Cornerstone Academy, Cornerstone Children's Learning Center, Cornerstone Counseling Center of Chicago, CYCLE (Community Youth Creative Learning Experience), LaSalle Senior Center, LaSalle Young Life, The LaSalle Foundation | ||
| Swedish Lutherans construct Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (our sanctuary building) | 1884 | |
| Sanctuary building purchased by Pilgrim Holiness Church | 1914 | |
| Italian Mission of Moody Church purchases sanctuary building; services in Italian | 1936 | |
| Services in Italian, English & Japanese | 1942 | |
| Congregation changes name to Elm-LaSalle Bible Church | 1946 | |
| Services in English & Spanish | 1950 | |
| African Americans welcomed into church | 1958 | |
| Bill Leslie called as Senior Pastor | 1961 | |
| 1963 | Homework tutoring program begins | |
| Chicago-Orleans Housing formed;cell groups replace Wednesday Prayer Service | 1969 | LaSalle Senior Center begins with Sunday breakfasts |
| 1972 | LaSalle Young Life begins, Joe White E.D.; Land purchased for new building | |
| Official ties with Moody Church end, renamed LaSalle Street Church | 1973 | Cabrini-Green Legal Aid Clinic founded, Chuck Hogren E.D.; Near North Counseling Center begins, Earl Lehmann E.D. ;Senior Center adds Wednesday program |
| 1974 | Bev Barr Senior Center E.D. | |
| 1975 | Judie McAndrews Tutoring E.D., Dave Mack Young Life E.D. | |
| Book Church That Takes on Trouble published | 1976 | |
| Second worship service added to Sunday am schedule; Atrium Village opens | 1977 | |
| Bruce Otto joins staff as SCUPE intern | 1978 | Church plant among Cabrini-Green youth begins (Fellowship of Friends); Book The Reluctant Defender published; Greg Darneider Tutoring E.D. |
| Church office moves to Atrium Village | 1979 | Senior Center & Counseling move offices to Atrium Village |
| 1980 | Tutoring program renamed CYCLE | |
| 1981 | Bridging founded, Angela Dicenzo E.D.; Janet Yancey Senior Center E.D.; Arlo Compaan Counseling E.D. | |
| 1982 | Harold Spooner Young Life E.D. | |
| Initial capital campaign to raise $3 million to build community center & renovate sanctuary | 1983 | Near North Counseling Center renamed Center for Life Skills |
| 100th Anniversary of Sanctuary Celebrated | 1984 | |
| 1985 | Plans begin for what becomes Maple Pointe; Donna Brayton Bridging E.D. | |
| $450,000 Sanctuary building rehabilitation completed | 1987 | The LaSalle Foundation founded; LSC Education Space Planning Committee (child care) forms; Joan Toner Bridging E.D. |
| Jonathan Hancock joins staff | 1988 | Hank Van Dyke Counseling E.D. |
| Bill Leslie becomes pastor emeritus; Annette Huizenga called | 1989 | Dave Frenchak Counseling Interim E.D.; Pamela Vanderlaan Bridging E.D. |
| 1990 | Carl Lavender CYCLE E.D.; Alvin Bibbs Young Life E.D. | |
| Art Nelson called as Senior Pastor | 1991 | Colleen Cox Bridging E.D. |
| 1993 | Jonathan Hancock Senior Center E.D. | |
| Jonathan Hancock resigns | 1994 | Bridging closed; Movie Hoop Dreams released |
| Art Nelson leaves; Interim pastors | 1995 | |
| John Hays called as Pastoral Team Leader | 1996 | Maple Pointe opens; Connie VanBrunt CYCLE E.D.; CYCLE Wiz Factory opens; Child care task force forms; Angela Reeves Young Life E.D. |
| 1997 | David E. Neely CGLA E.D., CGLA renamed Chicago Center for Law & Justice | |
| 1998 | Cornerstone Center opens; CYCLE, Senior Center, Young Life move to Cornerstone; Cornerstone Children's Learning Center and Cornerstone Catering begin; CGLA returns to original name, Mary Wilkening E.D.; Susan Reedy Children's Learning Center E.D. | |
| Annette Huizenga resigns | 1999 | Paul Harris Counseling E.D.; Anne Nelson CGLA E.D.; Tammy Doig Childcare E.D. |
| Laura Truax becomes Assistant Pastor | 2000 | Jeanine Baker Childcare E.D. |
| Bruce Otto resigns; Charles Newman joins staff | 2001 | Bertie Kirchhofer Childcare E.D. |
| John Hays leaves; Laura Truax affirmed by deacons as LSC pastor | 2002 | Center for Life Skills renamed Cornerstone Counseling Center of Chicago; Keith Chase-Ziolek Senior Center E.D. |
| Everett Jackson joins Pastoral Staff | 2003 | Sale of interest in Maple Pointe and refinancing of Cornerstone Center; CYCLE becomes fully independent of LSC; Cornerstone Academy becomes LSC ministry partner; Breaking Bread opens |
| Laura Truax called as Senior Pastor; Everett Jackson completes his assignment; congregation approves new Governance Structure | 2004 | Susy Francis-Thornton Counseling E.D.; Rob Acton CGLA E.D. |
| Gary Rand named Associate Pastor | 2005 |
