Welcome to Koinonia!

Our History

Pastor Steve & Beth Fleming founded Koinonia in 1984 at the Waterloo Inn before relocating in 1986 to our present location in Bloomingdale. Since that time, we have been undergoing continual expansions to house our growing church family.

In 1993, Koinonia Christian Academy was established for students from junior kindergarten through high school. In September 2007, we launched ByDESIGN Creative Arts Academy which has received an overwhelming response. Today, the church, school and programs continue to thrive and grow.

Our Vision and Mission

Our Vision

Building relationships with God, one another and the world.

Our Mission:

To penetrate our culture with the Kingdom of God. To reconcile people from the world to become a part of the body of Christ. To equip and mobilize those people to live and function in the local church and their sphere of influence.

Our Core Values

1. We value fellowship with God and each other as essential to our Christian walk and witness.

1. We value mutual submission within the body because it breeds respect, humility, unity and trust.

1. We value worship as our first ministry unto the Lord.

1. We value the presence of the Holy Spirit and desire to set an atmosphere conducive to the supernatural.

1. We value children as a heritage from the Lord. They are the church of today and the leaders of tomorrow.

1. We value the attitude of a servant being developed in our hearts and demonstrated through our lives.

1. We value hospitality as a spiritual skill which practically demonstrates our love for God and one another.

1. We value the importance of every believer developing a lifestyle of reaching out to others in their sphere of influence with the message and love of the gospel.

1. We value financial stewardship as the responsibility of every member, demonstrated through the faithful giving of tithes and offerings.

1. We value every member embracing their place by functioning in their gifts, thereby serving and ministering to people for the building up of the body.

What We Believe

• We believe in the Bible as the inspired Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and conduct. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
• We believe in one True God, self-existent Maker of all things, who has revealed Himself in three Persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – co-equal, co-eternal, and one in substance. (2 Corinthians 13:14; Matthew 28:19; Ephesians 2:18)
• We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, incarnate Son of God; fully God and fully human. He lived a sinless life, was crucified, died, and was buried; He was raised from the dead and is alive forever. (Luke 1:26-31; John 1:1; Revelation 1:18; Romans 1:4)
• We believe that mankind was originally created in the image and likeness of God, but fell by voluntary sin and is separated from God, thus making personal salvation through faith in Jesus’ death and resurrection necessary for every person. (Genesis 1:26; Genesis 2:17; Genesis 3:24; Romans 5:17-19)
• We believe in water baptism by immersion. This is a significant act of obedience and is essential for a believer to walk fully in their new life in Christ. (Mark 16:16; Colossians 2:11-12; Romans 6:3-8)
• We believe in the promise of the Father, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, the endowment of power, for life and service, as distinct from and subsequent to the new birth. We believe that speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance is a normative accompaniment to this baptism and is to be expected and desired by all believers as a God-given resource in prayer and worship for Spirit-filled living. We further believe that all the gifts of the Spirit should be and must be operative in the Church for the Church to manifest her full glory under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. (Acts 1:8; Acts 2:4; I Corinthians 12)
• We believe that entire sanctification (the process of being made holy) is God’s desire for all believers and is to be earnestly pursued by walking in obedience to God’s Word by the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. (Hebrews 13:12; John 17:17; Leviticus 20:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4)
• We believe that divine healing and health through faith is provided for all by Jesus’ death on the cross and by His resurrection. (Isaiah 53:4-5; Matthew 8:17; I Peter 2:24; James 5:15)
• We believe that God wants us to prosper in every area of our lives – spirit, soul and body. (1 Thessalonians 5:23; 3 John 2)
• We believe in a faith that works by love so that Christ can be developed in us and we will be brought to complete unity in our faith. (Galatians 4:19; Ephesians 4:13)
• We believe that God lives in us, the Church, comprised of every believer born of the Holy Spirit. Together across the world, we create an entire spiritual body, being continually built up by God’s work in our lives and our encouragement of each other. (1 Corinthians 12:12; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 1 Corinthians 3:16; Acts 16:5; Mark 16:15)
• We believe in the resurrection of those asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who remain unto the coming of the Lord. This is the imminent and blessed hope of the Church. (1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)