They saw a city with Christ at its center. To make this vision a reality, in 1992 World Vision and The MidAmerica Leadership Foundation partnered to create Vision Chicago. Like all major world cities, Chicago faces inner-city poverty and ethnic division. By bringing together Chicago-area churches and agencies and connecting them with people in need, Vision Chicago serves as the bridge across economic and racial gaps. Organized under Vision Chicago, more than 70 churches, agencies, and ministries from all parts of Chicago have formed a partnership to exchange ideas and resources.
Ministries range from soup kitchens to shelters, and day-care centers to youth centers.
But they share the common goal of a city united and focused on God. The result is hundreds of single voices sounding as one strong force of change. Changing Chicago Through Vision Chicago, these local programs are transforming our city. The Storehouse provides nominal-cost building supplies that allow ministries to rebuild their facilities or to renovate homes in their neighborhoods. Local ministry staff learn to develop and operate needed programs that reach Chicago residents more effectively through the Training Institute.