Who We Are
Lincoln Park UBF is a non-denominational Christian church ministry comprised of college students and young adults from the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Chicago. We are a local chapter of University Bible Fellowship (UBF), which is an international ministry at college campuses throughout the world.
We welcome students and young adults from all faiths and backgrounds to come and learn with us what Christian spirituality is and what it means to follow Jesus.
Bible Study
We believe the Bible is like the food that nourishes us spiritually. We study the Bible one-on-one, in groups, and through listening to Sunday sermons. We study the Bible inductively, historically and metaphorically in an attempt to learn who God is, who we are, and what it means to live in relationship with him.
Prayer
We believe prayer is like the breathing that sustains us. We pray individually, with each other, after meetings and at home when we’re by ourselves. We pray to listen to God, to find his will for our lives, as well as to ask his help for ourselves and for others.
Worship
We believe that we, as Christians, live lives of worship. We express our worship when we’re together through music—praising God by singing and listening to music in meditation and reverence for God.
Fellowship
We believe that our love for each other is the continued expression of God’s love for us. We try to be friends with each other—both when it’s easy and when it's difficult. We hang out together, watch movies, study, eat, listen to and pray for each other.
Memberships
UBF is a member of the following Christian organizations:
ECFA is an accreditation agency dedicated to helping Christian ministries earn the public’s trust through adherence to Seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship
Cross Global Link is a Mission Sending Association
NAE is the National Association of Evangelicals
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Our Statement of Faith
1 We believe that there is one God in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
2 We believe that God created the heavens and the earth and all other things in the universe: that He is the Sovereign Ruler of all things; that the Sovereign God reveals Himself; we believe in his redemptive work and in his final judgment.
3 We believe that the Bible is inspired by God; that it is the truth; that it is the final authority in faith and practice.
4 We believe that since the fall of Adam, all people have been under the bondage and power of sin and are deserving of the judgment and wrath of God.
5 We believe that Jesus Christ, who is God and man, through his atoning, sacrificial death on the cross for our sins and his resurrection, is the only way of salvation; he alone saves us from sin and judgment and purifies us from the contamination of the world caused by sin.
6 We believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father.
7 We believe that regeneration is by the work of the Holy Spirit, and that it is necessary if one is to enter the kingdom of God. We believe that God sent his Holy Spirit to empower his church to witness to Jesus to the ends of the earth.
8 We believe that we are made righteous by grace alone, through faith alone.
9 We believe that the Holy Spirit works in the heart of every believer to lead him.
10 We believe that the church is the body of Christ and that all Christians are members of it.
11 We believe that Jesus will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead.