For immediate release March 1, 2022
President Allan R. Buss announced the sale of the LCMS Northern Illinois District (NID) office building at 2301 S. Wolf Road, Hillside, Illinois, which occurred on Thursday, February 24, 2022. The District has occupied this building, which served District staff and meetings, since 1979.
This action was taken as a result of a Task Force on Stewardship of District Resources established out of Resolution 2-07 from the Northern Illinois District 59th Convention.
The committee was tasked to examine a number of topics including, but not limited to, the stewardship of maintaining the current District office building.
“The committee has not taken this task lightly and has met diligently and prayerfully regarding the matters at hand. The convention resolution was driven by the fact the current operating model seems unsupportable given current contribution levels, staff salaries, and fixed building costs.
The focus is to look outward to new opportunities and not inward only. God is always leading us forward and we rejoice. We do not want to lose our priorities of mission first in bringing the Gospel of Christ”. (Task Force on Stewardship of District Resources Report – March 14, 2020)
The NID Board of Directors carefully reviewed the facts provided in the report in considering a decision to sell the NID property. The NID has been conducting research on a new location and will be ready to move when the time comes. Details of the relocation will be shared in future publications.
“The literal NID brick and mortar building on Wolf Road should not represent the district. We must remember and insist it’s the congregations, NID president, BOD and staff that make the District. … but it’s not really about the place. It’s about the MISSION of bringing the Gospel of Christ to the world.” (Task Force on Stewardship of District Resources Report – March 14, 2020)
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