Erven Avenue Baptist Church

09/04/2026

08/20/2026

Prayer Meeting tonight at 7:00 PM. What should we pray about for you?

08/06/2026

A huge “THANK YOU” to Erven Avenue Baptist Church in Streator for making Hope Center one of your missions during your VBS!! We appreciate your partnership! Erven Avenue Baptist Church

07/27/2026

https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/illinois-remains-in-the-top-five-states-for-religious-freedom/?fbclid=IwdGRjcATUMBBjbGNrBNQwBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHmJDTpP4Zog4wf3fMGY6weZ7DZOXmPCQZeOSeDGTZGb_Bz6bat-f4BVV6dm2_aem_MGP4rwChMlQBkzpmsrcocQ

Illinois still ranks among the Top 5 states for religious liberty—but we've slipped from #1 to #5 in just two years. Religious liberty and parental rights cannot be taken for granted. Elections have consequences. As lawmakers continue to chip away at these fundamental freedoms, people of faith mus...

07/22/2026

"Try this approach, O believer, whenever you are sad of heart and in heaviness of spirit: Forget yourself and your little concerns... When you kneel in Prayer to God, limit not your petition to the narrow circle of your own life, tried though it may be, but send out your longing prayers for the church's prosperity."
Spurgeon; M&E, July 16 - Evening

06/25/2026

https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/baptists-and-the-struggle-for-religious-liberty-part-1-persecution-before-the-revolution/

Baptists in the southern colonies experienced explosive growth during the First Great Awakening. They also began to experience increased persecution from the Anglican (state) Church in the decades before the American Revolution – persecution which convinced many Baptists of the importance of relig...

06/25/2026

Day 3,
Illumination Station;
Jesus Is God's Powerful Son

06/24/2026

Illumination Station VBS
Jesus is the Light if the world.
John 8:12
4:40-7:40 PM, Mon-Fri
June 22-26