About Us
A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY
Our ministry embraces diversity and is deeply committed to authentic fellowship. We understand each person comes to us with different talents, backgrounds, and identities. And we celebrate that difference because our diversity is our strength.
Community is everything at Chapel of Praise. It's who we are and how things get done. Everyone here is motivated by a deep commitment to making sure each person and family feels welcome and included. When everyone feels like they belong, we are stronger and smarter together. We're a community driven to make the world a better place—starting in our own backyard.
Our Leadership
Meet Our Pastors
Senior Pastor Adegboyega & Prophetess (Co-Pastor) Mabel Talabi
Our Vision
“The vision of Chapel of Praise is to help individuals find and fulfill their God-given purpose in Christ. We are dedicated to making Chapel of Praise a place where everyone can discover Christ and His plan for their lives.”
Our Story
Over 30 Years of Faithful Ministry
From a humble apartment fellowship to a thriving congregation — a journey guided by faith.
Christ Healing Evangelical Church (USA) Inc, a non-profit religious church organization, was founded on the 15th of February 1993 and was incorporated by April 15th, 2003. The church was an evolution of what started as a house fellowship meeting in the rented apartment of Pastor Talabi at 5817 N. Kenmore Avenue on the North Side of the city of Chicago, to encourage and strengthen fellow Africans and friends from different backgrounds.
According to the direction and the leading of the Holy Spirit, and under the leadership of Pastor Adegboyega A. Talabi, the fellowship gathered momentum with increased attendance of people from different backgrounds, and a vision was born. There was a spiritual yearning and a need for identity among those who were present then, as the number of families grew to 15 within one month.
Having received strong commitment from the people, Pastor Adegboyega A. Talabi then organized the members who would constitute the original incorporators of Christ Healing Evangelical Church (USA Inc.) in 1993. The Church continued to grow by leaps and bounds, enjoying tremendous growth in the years following.
As the membership began to grow, the church moved from the apartment into a storefront at 2422 W. Schubert Avenue on the near north side of Chicago, and there it continued to enjoy great success.
After its 10th-year anniversary in 2003, the church had grown to a membership in excess of 200 active members, including children. This necessitated a need for a bigger facility, and so the church leased another facility at 2324 W. Nelson Street, Chicago.
Our Mission
Why We Exist
Mission
To glorify God through corporate worship and personal devotion, and to obey the Great Commission by evangelizing and making disciples who will positively influence their community for Christ.
Matthew 28:19–20
Vision
Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we intend to:
Establish and plant branch churches in North America and Europe
Deliberate in making disciples who, in turn, produce other disciples
Train and equip leaders for the purpose of ministry
Establish and organize a Christian-based educational system where children can grow and fulfill life's destiny
What We Believe
Our Statement of Beliefs
All scriptures are inspired as originally written and therefore infallible and inherent.
2 Tim. 3:16-17 · 2 Pet. 1:21 · 1 Cor. 2:13We subscribe to its authority as final. There is one living and true God who exists in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Matt. 28:19 · 2 Cor. 13:14Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God born of a virgin, died on the cross and rose bodily from the dead and is now sitting at the right hand of the Father.
Matt. 1:18 · Matt. 28 · Mk. 16 · 1 Cor. 15Christ will return to rapture the believers and raise the dead in Christ to take them with Him.
1 Thess. 4:13-18 · John 14:1-3Men inherited a depraved body (Sin Nature) and are lost sinners in need of salvation.
Rom. 3:9-19 · Eph. 2:1-3God has provided salvation through the offering of His Son on the cross of Calvary, allowing His blood to be shed for the atonement of our sins.
Rom. 3:25 · Heb. 9:22Justification comes when we recognize ourselves as sinners and put our trust in Christ. Salvation is by grace through faith plus nothing.
Rom. 3:24 · Eph. 2:8-9God gave everyone a free will to choose his or her place in eternity. Kingdom of heaven or eternity in hell is by a man's choice.
Ezek. 18:20-26Baptism of the Holy Spirit is scriptural and other tongues accompany it. The in-filling of the Holy Spirit is a continuous process throughout the lifetime of a believer.
1 Cor. 1:2 · Acts 2:1-2 · Mark 16:17The Bible teaches and we believe in the eternal blessedness of the saved and the eternal punishment of the finally impenitent.
John 14:14 · 5:24 · Rev. 20:10 · Matt. 25:46The grace of God has appeared to all men and teaches us to live soberly, righteously, and Godly.
Tit. 2:11-13We believe in the efficacy of prayer.
James 5:17