Brown Line Church (named for Chicago’s Northside “L” train) exists to help people find deeper, fuller, less self-centered, more self-sacrificial lives and connect with God — especially people who feel more at home culturally in progressive or secular settings, rather than religious settings. We embrace diversity in perspectives and religious/cultural backgrounds, we are committed to equity, justice, and anti-racism work, and we are LGBTQ-inclusive.

Our guide in all this is Jesus. Many present “faith in Jesus” as an exclusive thing, over and against other religious or non-religious approaches to life, but our experience has been entirely different...