Who We Are

Welcome Statement

  • We, at St. Luke’s, strive to be a radically welcoming congregation.

  • We affirm all races, ethnicities, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, and other diverse backgrounds. Wherever you are from, whatever you believe or doubt, you are loved by God and by us.

  • We are on a journey toward antiracist and anti-oppression transformation, seeking to inhabit these values as lifelong spiritual practices.

  • Your presence among us strengthens the community of Christ and you are welcome here!

Who We Are Becoming

As individuals and as a community, we are always in the process of becoming.

At St. Luke’s, this looks like engaging in the liberation theology model of action and reflection:

  • We learn and reflect together about the systemic sin (oppression) in our world that takes root within each of us.

  • We take meaningful action towards justice and liberation.

You’ll see Liberation Theology at work in our Worship, Antiracism Ministry, Public Faith Team, Intergenerational Ministry, and more:

  • Working for affordable/public housing with Logan Square Ecumenical Alliance

  • Reading books that challenge and inspire us

  • Working for a publicly funded mental health center with Coalition to Save Our Mental Health Centers

  • Partnering with Logan Square Neighborhood Association in solidarity with longtime residents of Logan Square

  • Partnering with The People’s Lobby, SOUL, Chicago Community Bond Fund, and more on issues of police brutality and racial justice

  • Partnering with Grace UMC to be a space for community faith and justice

“This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished, but it is going on, this is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being purified.”
— Martin Luther