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Ashburn Baptist Church

15401 Wolf Road
708-403-1363

Organized October 14, 1951, with 13 charter members.
There have been eight building programs.
The church has a constituency of 1,877
The Sunday School enrollment is 875.
There are seven full-time staff positions and four part-time.
There is a volunteer staff of nearly 200.
There are seven missionaries supported by the church.
Receipts for the last year were $906,276
Assets are over ten million dollars.
Attendance at the Sunday Services averages 715
People attend from 72 suburbs and 13 Chicago zip codes.

There are 3,208 Bible classes taught each year.
The Ashburn Baptist News, published monthly since 1953, has a present readership of 3,132.
Ashburn Baptist has founded 38 other Baptist Churches.
The church sponsors the Ashburn Baptist Bible Institute.
A 1,000 seat worship center is located on the church's 35-acre Orland Park site at 153rd Street and Wolf Road. A full schedule of Bible classes and services is conducted both in Chicago and in Orland Park.
Ashburn Baptist has been pastored by Vernon C. Lyons since 1951.


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