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Liberty Christian Center is a bilingual urban church located in the vibrant neighborhoods of Portage Park and Belmont Cragin in Chicago.


Our mission is to serve others the way Jesus served us and lead people into an authentic relationship with God, allowing them to experience His unconditional love and transforming power.

New to Liberty?

You might be wondering, what's it like at Liberty? Simply stated, we're all about becoming a family who loves Jesus. You will be embraced with God’s love and won't be met with shame, guilt, or condemnation. (Warning...we are huggers!)


Want to know the best part? No matter what you've been through or what questions you might have about God and faith, our church is a place where you'll find the love, grace, and forgiveness Jesus gives to everyone.

How we got started

Liberty Christian Center began in 1987 when Pastors William & Emilia Vázquez answered God’s call to begin a small group in their home with two youth. The youth gave their lives to God and a fire ignited in their lives which resulted in the spreading of God’s word among their peers.


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Our Story

Were we’re headed

With new leadership and fresh vision from Holy Spirit, we are committed to continue building on the foundation of our founders. Our heart is for every believer to be discipled to know and love Jesus intimately. We thrive for everyone to discover God’s plan and purpose for thier life as they serve others the way Jesus served us. Liberty is committed to cultivating a family built around the truth of God’s Word, and genuine love for each another. With Jesus at the center of everything we do, our hope is to build a spiritual family that will impact people, families, and our community with the love of Jesus.


The Five Principles of Our Vision...


  • Daily Consecration to God

    We believe in the need for everyone to live a life of daily consecration to God through prayer, worship, fasting, life application of the Word and living out a daily relationship with the Holy Spirit who lives in us. (Jn. 7:15-21; Mk. 3:13-15, Eph. 4:11-16, 1 Cor. 6:19-20)

  • Making Disciples

    Every believer has been called to the “Great Commission” by making disciples through evangelism of the gospel and relational discipleship as we serve others in love. (Rom. 6:23; 3:23, 1 Tim. 1:15; 2:3-6; Mt. 28:18-20, Eph. 4:11-16)

  • Equipping of the Saints

    All have been called to be equipped and edified through active participation in relational discipleship, kingdom knowledge, and personal, spiritual, and ministry development. (Eph. 4:11-16; Acts 2:41-47, Eph. 4:11-16)

  • Training of Disciples

    Every believer should receive training through practical application of their spiritual gifts for the purpose of serving others. (2 Tim. 4:1-8; Jn.15:16; 1 Cor. 1:26-31; 1 Cor. 12:7-11, Mt. 9:35; 10:1).

  • Destiny Fulfillment

    All are ministers of the gospel and every believer shall be commissioned to fulfill their God-given purpose as they serve others according to God’s destiny for their life. (Acts 1:4-8; 13:1-4 & 6-12; Mark 16:14-20; Rom. 10:14-15, Eph. 4:11-16).


Our Strategy...


  • Salvation

    We focus on the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ that offers the free gift of eternal salvation to everyone without exception.

  • Edification

    We believe in the need to edify every believer through biblical teaching, discipleship training, and community life in small groups.

  • Multiplication

    We promote the natural process of individual and corporate multiplication that comes from sharing life testimony with others of God’s amazing work in the life of the believer.

Our Beliefs

We invite you to explore our beliefs and join us in our pursuit of living out our faith in boldness and passion.

  • The Holy Trinity

    One God in three persons as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - each of whom possessed equally all the attributes of deity and the characteristics of personality.

    (Deut. 6:4; Mt. 28:19; Jn. 14:10, 26; 2 Cor.13:14)

  • The Atonement for Sin

    He (Jesus) lived a sinless life on earth and voluntarily paid for the sins of men by dying on the cross as our substitute, therefore satisfying divine justice, and accomplishing salvation for all who trust in Him alone. (Mt. 12:31-32; Jn. 1:12; Eph. 1:7; 2:8-10; 1 Pet. 1:18-19; 1 Jn. 1:9)

  • The Ascension

    He (Jesus) ascended bodily into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God the Father, where He (Jesus), the only Mediator between God and man, continually makes intercession for His own. (Mk.16:18-20; Lk.22:69; Rom. 8:34)

  • The Creation of Man

    Man was originally created in the image of God. He sinned by disobeying God: thus, He alienated himself from His Creator. That historic fall brought all men under divine condemnation. (Gen. 1:26-27; Rom. 3:22-23; Eph. 2:1-3)

  • Man’s Sinful Nature

    Man’s nature is corrupted, and he is, therefore, totally unable to please God without regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. (Jn.16:8-11; 1Cor. 12:12-24)

  • The Free Gift of Salvation

    The Salvation of man is wholly a work of God’s free grace and is not the work, in whole or in part of human works, goodness, or religious ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and thereby justifies them in His sight. (Mt. 12:31-32; Jn.1:12)

  • The Work of the Holy Spirit

    The Holy Spirit has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to men. He convicts and draws sinners to Christ, imparts new life to them, continually indwells them from the moment of spiritual birth, and seals them until the day of redemption. His fullness, power, and control are appropriated in the believer’s life by faith. (Heb. 9:22; Jude 24:25)

  • The Authority of Christ

    Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, His body, which is composed of all men, living and dead, who have been joined to Him through saving faith. (1Cor. 12:12-14; 2Cor. 11:2; Eph. 1:22-23; 5:25-27)

  • The Return of Christ

    Jesus Christ will come again to the earth, personally, visibly and bodily to establish His Kingdom. At this time, the dead will be resurrected bodily, the believer to eternal joy with the Lord, and the unbeliever to condemnation and endless, conscious suffering. (Acts 1:8; Rev. 1:7; Mt. 25:46; Jn.5:28-29; Rev. 20:5-6)

  • The Great Commission

    The Lord Jesus commanded all believers to proclaim the Good News throughout the whole world and to disciple men of every nation. The fulfillment of the Great Commission requires that all selfish ambitions be subordinated to a total commitment to Him who loved us and gave Himself for us. (Mt. 28:18-20)

  • Satan’s Doom

    There exists a personal spirit of Evil, Satan, our adversary who with great power carries on organized opposition to the Kingdom of God, and seeks the demise of man: he will suffer ultimate and total defeat at the hands of Jesus Christ. (Job 1:6-7; Isa.14:12-17; Mt. 4:2-11; Rev. 20:10)

  • Sex & Marriage

    Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman (as they were at birth) in covenant commitment for a lifetime and a sacred institution established by God. (Mt. 19: 4-6)

  • Water Baptism

    Baptism is for believers in Christ and is to be administered by full immersion, thus bearing witness to the Gospel of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection for us and our new life in Him. (Mt. 28:19; Rom. 6:4)

  • Baptism of the Holy Spirit

    Baptism in the Holy Spirit as on the day of Pentecost and in the continuing ministry of the Holy Spirit as evidenced in charismatic gifts, speaking in tongues, divine healing, and the fruit of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer. (Acts 2:4; Acts 10:46; Acts 19:6; Eph.11:6; 1Cor. 12:8-11; Gal. 5:22-23)

  • Holy Communion

    Communion, when shared by believers, gives witness to the saving power of the Gospel, to Christ’s presence in His church, and looks forward to His victorious return. (1Cor. 11: 23-26)

  • Giving

    Every Christian, as a steward (manager) of God’s wealth entrusted to him, is to financially support his local church. We believe that God has established tithing, but that every Christian should also give other offerings sacrificially and cheerfully to support the church and assist the needy. A Christian relinquishes all rights to direct the use of tithes or offerings once given to the church. (Gen. 14:20; Pr. 3:9-10; Acts 4:34-37; 1Cor. 16:2; 2Cor. 9:6-7; Gal. 6:6; Eph. 4:28; 1Tim. 5:17-18; 1 John 3:17)