Bishop Dr. Michael J. Love is the senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Community Church International, located in Crystal Lake, Illinois. Trinity is a teaching ministry of God’s Holy Word where we touch, share, love, and care. We thank God for the opportunity to praise and worship Him. In June 1978, Bishop Love accepted his call to ministry and began to deliver inspired, motivational expository preaching of the good news of Christ’s love for an ever changing world. His life lessons provide the listener with an opportunity to apply God’s living Word to day-to-day life experiences.
Under the leadership of Bishop Love, Trinity has grown from a Bible-study of thirteen in the living room of his family’s home to a 50,000 square feet campus on 4.2 acres. Included on the campus is 30,000 square feet state-of-the art Worship Center which includes a new sanctuary with a maximum seating capacity of 800, a 225 seat capacity banquet hall, 10 classrooms, and an inviting and open Narthex. The Chapel, the previous sanctuary, has a seating capacity of 350. Trinity has over forty daughter churches in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, India, and Kenya. In 2010, two churches, Mt. Sinai Baptist Church of Rockford, IL and the Sanctuary of Northbrook, IL became affiliate churches of Trinity.
While Trinity may have started in a living room and even spent fourteen years in a gymnasium of a local elementary school, Trinity has always and will continue to be a place where the love of Christ is felt. Bishop Love is an excellent example of good stewardship and servant leadership. It is through his stewardship that Trinity’s current location and the completion of the Worship Center were achieved debt-free.
Trinity’s 100+ ministries is a strong message of God’s vision, plan and purpose for those who serve and believe in Him. Through these ministries, food, clothing, school supplies have been provided, families have been restored, battles against addictions have been won, and increased learning of God’s Holy Word has been achieved. He and the church have been profiled on TLN, WYLL, and in the Northwest Herald, Chicago Tribune and other publications.
Bishop Dr. Love earned a Doctor of Theology Degree (ThD) and a Masters of Theology from Emmaus Bible Institute & Seminary in Tennessee and holds a B.A. from Randolph Macon College. Bishop Dr. Love, a star athlete, is also a graduate of Warren County High School.
Before founding Trinity Baptist Community Church International, Bishop Love served as an Associate Pastor at Canaan Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Bishop Love currently serves as the Executive Chaplain for the McHenry County Sheriff Department and the McHenry County Correctional Facility. Bishop Love serves on the following boards: Chair of Catalyst-McHenry County, Evangelical Child & Family Agency, ECFA Foundation, and Fox Valley City Reachers. He has also served on the Cary-Grove Clergy Association, World Vision Storehouse, and National Sheriff’s Association, National Clergy Board of Advisors.
Bishop Love is the recipient of the following awards: The Liberty Bell Award presented by the McHenry County Bar Association, Chaplain of the Year by the National Sheriff’s Association, and the Athletes Hall of Fame Aware by Warren County High School.
Bishop Love and First Lady Karen Love are the proud parents of two adult children Diana Clopton and Michael J. Love II, and grandparents to Evan and Avery Eugene.
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