{"id":28231,"date":"2026-05-06T16:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=28231"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:27:01","slug":"moments-with-missionaries-jacob-borgwardt-wels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=28231","title":{"rendered":"Moments with Missionaries \u2013 Jacob Borgwardt \u2013 WELS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Crossroads Christian Church, a mission restart in downtown Chicago, Ill., held its first public worship service on Easter Sunday. Set in the heart of a busy city, this ministry is embracing creative outreach\u2014finding ways to meet people where they are, whether through personal connections, community engagement, or simply being a visible presence in a fast-paced urban environment.<\/p>\n<p>Hear more from Rev. Jacob Borgwardt as he reflects on this milestone service and shares how Crossroads is reaching the lost with the gospel in Chicago. Learn more about Crossroads Church at crossroadschicago.org.<\/p>\n<p>Join us for Taste of Missions this year to hear the Borgwardts present about their first year in the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>P.S. \u2013 Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to watch even more videos from our missionaries in the upcoming weeks and months!<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crossroads Christian Church, a mission restart in downtown Chicago, Ill., held its first public worship service on Easter Sunday. Set in the heart of a busy city, this ministry is embracing creative outreach\u2014finding ways to meet people where they are, whether through personal connections, community engagement, or simply being a visible presence in a fast-paced<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9326,888,1097,1096,290],"class_list":{"0":"post-28231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-prayer","8":"tag-borgwardt","9":"tag-jacob","10":"tag-missionaries","11":"tag-moments","12":"tag-wels"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}