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Article: Glen Ellyn church is named one of nation's best.(Neighbor)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- April 28, 2001
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Byline: Nancy Luebke Daily Herald Correspondent
The First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn is a thriving church that is growing in healthy and innovative ways.
Those factors caught the attention of a North Carolina group that has selected the church as one of 600 "Churches of Excellence" throughout the country.
The designation was given by Lilly Endowment, based at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. During a two-year nationwide study, staff members for the study contacted religious writers and others who came in contact with churches.
They asked for names of churches demonstrating excellence, and eventually whittled the ...