Holy Trinity Church’s vision is to see Chicago transformed by the power of the gospel of Jesus by engaging our city missionally, growing mature disciples and communities, and accelerating a movement of the gospel from Chicago’s neighborhoods to great cities and nations of the world. We intentionally grow thoughtful leaders and train Chicagoans to grow and apply the gospel to their lives and ministry.
Ministry Training
The purpose of HTC's ministry training is to resource the people of HTC with further tools for understanding and applying the gospel to their lives and ministry. Pastor Helm directs HTC in being prepared for personal evangelism and in knowing how to interpret and explain the Bible. His passion is to train up gospel workers for faithful gospel ministry.
- The Chicago Plan – training interns to serve within HTC and beyond
- The Charles Simeon Trust – promoting ministry of exposition in local churches.
- Prayer – Praying 312 – praying for friends and family
- Bible – Reading One-to-One – challenging ourselves and others to understand and be changed by God’s Word
Director of Ministry Training
David Helm, is the Director of Ministry Training, and along with Arthur Jackson, serves as Lead Pastor of our South Side Congregation. After ten and a half years as founding Sr. Pastor of Holy Trinity Church, David handed off the Senior Pastor role to Jon Dennis on November 23, 2008. In addition to serving our South Side congregation, David is Chairman of The Charles Simeon Trust, a ministry devoted to equipping men in expository preaching.
A graduate of Wheaton College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, David is ordained in the PCA and serves on the council of The Gospel Coalition. He authored I, II Peter and Jude in Crossway’s Preaching the Word series, and contributed to Preach the Word:Essays in Expository Preaching in Honor of Kent Hughes. In addition, David has written The Big Picture Story Bible and The Genesis Factor (the latter with Jon Dennis). David and his wife, Lisa, have five children (Noah, Joanna, Baxter, Silas and Mariah) and reside in the Hyde Park neighborhood. In his spare time, he generally roots for the Chicago White Sox and enjoys Johnny Cash.
For more on HTC's Ministry Training, read our 2009 Church Report:
