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i Bessie Kibbons, Record Book, 1959, 4. ii Sandhya R. Jha, Room at the Table: The Struggle for Unity and Equality in Disciple’s History (St. Louis, Mo: Chalice Press, 2009), 5. iii Central Christian Church, :

“Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” October 11, 1966, 4. iv Scott Neuman,

“Fewer Than Half Of U.S. Adults Belong To A Religious Congregation, New Poll Shows, ” NPR, March 30, 2021, https://www.npr.org/2021/03/30/982671783/fewer-than-half-of-u-s-adults-belong-to-a-religious-congregation-new-poll-shows. v “Certificate of Incorporation, ” 1893. vi Central Christian Church, “The First Hundred Years: 1893-1993, ” August 1, 1993. vii Thomas Hooppaw, “Community Whirlwind: Central Christian Marks Expansion with Dedication, ” The Daily Journal (Kankakee, IL, 1991). viii Geron, “Kankakee, ILL., ” The Christian Standard (March 27, 1886): 99. ix Rev. E.L. Frazier, “From the Field: Illinois ‘Pray for Us, ’” The Christian Standard (July 1, 1893): 520. x Gloria Ryckman Lane, “The Story of Central Christian Church, ” 1993, 1. xi Lane, “The Story of Central Christian Church, ” 1. xii Kibbons, Record Book, 5. xiii Bessie Kibbons, “Story of Central Christian Church, ” Fiftieth Anniversary of the Central Christian Church, 1943, 4–5. xiv Fred Rogers and Gilbert Matthews, “History of Central Church Sunday-School, ” n.d., 1. xv Kibbons, Record Book, 32. xvi D. Duane Cummins, Dale Fiers: Twentieth Century Disciple (Fort Worth [TX]: TCU Press, 2003), 8–9. xvii E.T. Sechler, Sadie McCoy Crank (1863-1948) Pioneer Woman Preacher in the Christian Church (Disciples) (Wheatland, MO, 1950), 7. xviii Sechler, Sadie McCoy Crank (1863-1948) Pioneer Woman Preacher in the Christian Church (Disciples), 35. xix Cummins, Dale Fiers, 9. xx “Big Loss Results From Iroquois Fire, ” The Paxton Record (Paxton, Illinois, January 11, 1923). “Fire Destroys Church at Iroquois, Ills., ” The Christian Standard (n.d.): 430. xxii Cummins, Dale Fiers, 13. xxiii Central Christian Church, 1916-1922 Membership Record and Board Meeting Minutes Book, n.d., 2–3. xxiv Central Christian Church, 1916-1922 Membership Record and Board Meeting Minutes Book, 2–3. xxv Cummins, Dale Fiers, 19. xxvi “Dedication of the Christian Church on Sunday, ” n.d. xxvii Kibbons, “Story of Central Christian Church, ” 5. xxviii “Dedication of the Christian Church on Sunday. ” xxix “New Central Christian Church Corner Stone Laying on Sunday Afternoon, ” Kankakee Daily Journal, 1914. xxx “New Central Christian Church Corner Stone Laying on Sunday Afternoon. ” xxxi Kibbons, Record Book, 31. xxxii Kibbons, Record Book, 32. xxxiii Kibbons, Record Book, 83. xxxiv Kibbons, Record Book, 15. xxxv Kibbons, Record Book, 15. xxxvi John B. Crane, “The Rev. Harold Edds, ” Kankakee Sunday Journal (Kankakee, IL, n.d.). xxxviiKibbons, Record Book, 52. xxxviii Kibbons, Record Book, 60. xxxix Central Christian Church, “Worship Bulletin, ” June 1, 1958. xl Kibbons, Record Book, 60. xli Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” 6. xlii Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” 6. xliii Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” 6. xlv Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” 6. xlvi Central Christian Church,

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“Cabinet Meeting Minutes, ” February 6, 1966, 2. xlviii Central Christian Church, “Official Board Meeting Minutes, ” February 14, 1967, 2. xlix Central Christian Church, “Official Board Meeting Minutes, ” September 12, 1967. l Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” October 10, 1967, 5. li Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” February 13, 1968, 5. li Spencer P. Austin, “Letter to Jack Canedy from Spencer P. Austin” (Unified Outreach, February 1968). lii Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” March 12, 1968, 3. liii Central Christian Church, “Official Board Meeting Minutes, ” April 9, 1968. liv Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” May 14, 1968, 4. lv “Congregational Meeting (Minutes), ” October 6, 1968. lvi Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” October 8, 1968. lvii Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting. ” lviii Central Christian Church, “Official Board Meeting Minutes, ” October 8, 1968. lix Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” November 12, 1968. lx Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” December 10, 1968. lxi Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” January 14, 1969. lxii Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” February 11, 1969. lxiii Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” March 11, 1969. lxiv Central Christian Church, “Agenda of Official Board Meeting, ” June 10, 1969. lxv Molly Jaeger, “Letter from Molly Jaeger to Central Christian Church, ” July 9, 1973. lxvi Central Christian Church, “Minutes of Board Meeting, ” October 9, 1973. lxvii Central Christian Church, “Minutes of Board Meeting, ” December 11, 1973. lxviii Central Christian Church, “Questionnaire on Program and Location of Central Christian Church, ” 1974. lxix Central Christian Church, “Agenda Congregational Board Meeting, ” July 6, 1980, 3–4. lxx Central Christian Church, “Agenda Congregational Board Meeting, ” 4. lxxi Central Christian Church, “Congregational Board Meeting Minutes June 12, 1983, ” n.d. lxxii “Church Reports Theft of Furniture, ” Kankakee Daily Journal, September 21, 1983. lxxiii Central Christian Church, “Minutes--Congregational Board Meeting--September 12, 1982, ” n.d. lxxiv Central Christian Church, “October 9, 1983 -- Board Meeting, ” n.d. lxxv Central Christian Church, “The Christian Challenger, ” May 21, 1984. lxxvi Central Christian Church, “The Christian Challenger, ” August 13, 1984. lxxvii Central Christian Church, “Ground Breaking and Site Dedication, ” June 16, 1985. lxxviii “One Step Closer to the Dream, ” Kankakee Daily Journal, June 16, 1985. lxxix Central Christian Church, “Dedication Service, ” September 14, 1986. lxxx Central Christian Church, “Dedication Service. ” lxxxi Central Christian Church, “Past, Present, Future, ” February 16, 1992. lxxxii Central Christian Church, “The First Hundred Years: 1893-1993. ” lxxxiii Central Christian Church, “The First Hundred Years: 1893-1993. ” lxxxiv “Central Christian to Install New Pastor, ” Kankakee Daily Journal, n.d. lxxxv Central Christian Church, “Membership and Worship Attendance Chart 1987-2021, ” 2021. lxxxvi “Disciples Mission Christian Church Archived Website, ” n.d., https://web.archive.org/web/20181107223628/http://disciplesmission.org/. lxxxvii Central Christian Church, “2020: A Year of Clarity / 2021: Envisioning the Future, ” December 2020. lxxxviii Central Christian Church, “Vision and Mission, ” n.d., https://cccbourbonnais.com/about/our-vision/. lxxxix Central Christian Church, “Vision and Mission. ” xc Frazier, “From the Field: Illinois ‘Pray for Us. ’” xci Natalie Sleeth,