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Jesus People USA (JPUSA) pronounced: ǰ-pu-sa is a Christian intentional community [1] in Uptown, on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois.. JPUSA emerged from Jesus People Milwaukee in 1972, and maintains one of the largest continuing communities (100–450 members) produced by the Jesus movement. [2]
The geographical area a mission actually covers is typically much larger than the name may indicate; most areas of the world are within the jurisdiction of a mission of the church. In the list below, if the name of the mission does not include a specific city, the city where the mission headquarters is located is included in parentheses.
Today, there are four Jesuit provinces operating in the United States: the USA East, USA Central and Southern, USA Midwest, and USA West Provinces. At their height, there were ten provinces. Though there had been mergers in the past, a major reorganization of the provinces began in the early 21st century, with the aim of consolidating into four ...
The former Mission building at 646 S. State Street. Pacific Garden Mission is a homeless shelter which is located in the Near West Side section of Chicago, Illinois, it was founded in 1877 [1] by Colonel George Clarke and his wife, Sarah. Nicknamed "The Old Lighthouse", it is the largest homeless shelter in Chicago and among the oldest in the ...
Mission Temple District Buffalo Grove Illinois 24 Jan 1988 Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Cape Girardeau Missouri* 20 Oct 1985 Missouri St Louis St. Louis Missouri Champaign Illinois 17 Feb 1963 Missouri St Louis Indianapolis Indiana Chicago Illinois 25 Jan 1998 Illinois Chicago Chicago Illinois Davenport Iowa* 9 Apr 1978 Iowa Iowa City
Thus missionaries established a Portuguese mission in 1500. Dom Francisco de Almeida , the first Portuguese Viceroy, got permission from the Kochi Raja to build two church edifices – Santa Cruz Basilica (1505) and St. Francis Church (1506) using stones and mortar which were unheard of at that time, as local prejudices were against such a ...
A mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not any of the church's missionaries live or proselytize in the area.
A Christian mission is an organized effort to carry on evangelism, in the name of the Christian faith. [1] Missions involve sending individuals and groups across boundaries, most commonly geographical boundaries. [2]