About Marquette

LEADING PEOPLE TO JESUS, TO THE PRAISE OF GOD'S GLORY

Since 1919, Marquette Manor has strived to lead people to God in the Downers Grove and surrounding Chicagoland area. Since then, we have been blessed to come alongside many families and individuals as well as start a Christian school.

Learn more about our church below and how you can join us in our mission to reach Downers Grove with the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

At MMBC, we steadfastly embrace the “fundamentals” of the faith, believing the Bible to be the inspired, inerrant, and infallible word of God, and thus the sole authority for our beliefs and practice. We believe in the Trinity—that there is one God, eternally existing in three Persons. We believe in the creation of man by the direct act of God, apart from any process of evolution. We believe in the virgin birth and deity of Jesus Christ, His sinless life, His vicarious (substitutionary) atonement for our sins by the shedding of His blood on the cross, His bodily resurrection from the tomb, and the certainty of His return. We believe that salvation is by grace alone through faith in Christ alone on the basis of His completed work on the cross. We believe in a literal heaven and a literal hell.

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Marquette’s sacred music is soul-stirring and uplifting, yet conservative in style and presentation. We especially embrace the traditional hymns of the faith. We believe that the primary audience for church music is God, and so our music is intended to glorify God and edify believers by drawing attention to God’s greatness and goodness. Our desire is to provide opportunities for adults and children of all ages to participate in the music program of the church through choirs, orchestra, and special groups and ensembles. In every case, the music serves to prepare the hearts of the people for the preaching of the Word of God.

Effective local church ministry involves both evangelization (reaching the world with the Gospel) and the edification of believers. While programs do not ensure effectiveness in ministering to people’s spiritual needs, they do provide the necessary organizational structure so that caring Christians are afforded ample opportunity to help one another and to reach out into the community at large. At Marquette Manor Baptist Church, we have in place ministry structure intended to reach our community with the Gospel and to help God’s people mature and grow spiritually. Our goal is to provide balanced and meaningful programs intended to be of spiritual help to people of all ages and backgrounds.

During all of our regularly scheduled services and Sunday School sessions, nursery care is available for children from newborn through the age of three. Our nurseries are staffed by well-qualified and caring church members. A nursery call system allows the staff to contact a child’s parent should assistance be needed during the service. Proper equipment (including infant beds, changing stations, and toys that meet appropriate health and safety standards) enables us to ensure the best possible care.

Marquette Manor Baptist Church is located on 75th Street in Downers Grove, Illinois, about two miles east of I-355 and 2.5 miles west of Kingery Highway (Illinois Route 83). Our members include not only Downers Grove residents, but also people from many of the surrounding suburbs. Downers Grove and the adjacent municipalities are family-friendly residential communities, providing MMBC with broad opportunities for outreach and ministry.

Marquette Manor Baptist Church is committed to the Great Commission of taking the Gospel to the ends of the earth. We support more than 40 missionary families ministering on six continents. Our former pastor currently serves as Deputation Director for Baptist World Mission, and many individuals and families from our assembly have answered God’s call to serve as missionaries around the world. Our annual Missions Conference is one of the highlights of the year for our church family. Here “at home,” we endeavor to reach our own community through personal contacts and weekly church visitation outreach.

As fellow believers in Jesus Christ, we recognize that, in a very real sense, our church is a family. Through various means (including, for example, Sunday School classes, deacon care groups, ladies Bible studies, our program for teens, and the Awana program for children) our people are able to build friendships and minister to our varying physical and encouragement needs. Many of our folks gather routinely for fellowship. They are quick to reach out to one another in times of bereavement. People are always available just to help each other navigate the twists and turns of life in the uncertain day in which we live. Certainly we’re biased, but we believe that MMBC is an exceptionally caring church where folks are passionate about supporting one another.

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