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33-632: The term Christian Catholic Church can refer to: the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church founded in 1896 by John Alexander Dowie, also called Zionites the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland a movement founded in October 1844 by German priest Johannes Czerski and discussed in the article on German Catholics (sect) Topics referred to by

66-549: A flat earth cosmology. The succession of pastors after Voliva moved the church towards mainstream Protestant doctrine. In the early 20th century, the Christian Catholic Church had worldwide appeal. The church's magazine, The Leaves of Healing , was distributed in the U.S., Australia, Europe, and southern Africa. At its height, Dowie's movement had some 20,000 adherents. The Zionist Churches of southern Africa trace their spiritual heritage back to Dowie and

99-516: A 1990 Federal Court case, because it featured a crown and scepter, a dove , a cross and the words "God Reigns". The founder of Zion and designer of the city seal, John Alexander Dowie , intended for these to be Christian symbols and added them "for the purpose of the extension of the Kingdom of God upon earth ... where God shall rule in every department of family, industry, commercial, educational, ecclesiastical and political life". The court ruled

132-458: A 25-room mansion and dressing himself in ornate ecclesiastical robes modeled after those worn by Aaron, the high priest, described in Leviticus. Due to this and other financial mismanagement, the church was threatened with bankruptcy. In 1905 Dowie suffered the first of a series of debilitating strokes. In 1906 his followers revolted, ousted him from leadership and elected Wilbur Glenn Voliva as

165-653: A tabernacle at the World's Columbian Exposition. During the next seven years, Dowie founded the Christian Catholic Church that met in several city locations including the Chicago Auditorium (1896). In 1900 he purchased land along the shores of Lake Michigan, north of Chicago near the Illinois–Wisconsin border and founded a religious utopian community that he called Zion . He also founded a commercial enterprise, which came to be called Zion Industries, to support

198-486: Is Illinois' largest marina. On May 9, 2000, the area encompassing Illinois Beach State Park and North Point Marina was officially designated as the Cullerton Complex in honor of William J. Cullerton, Sr. , a war hero , avid environmentalist, and long-time friend of conservation. At the 2010 census , there were 24,508 people, 7,552 households and 5,558 families residing in the city. The population density

231-477: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Christian Catholic Apostolic Church Over the years there have been many changes to the church founded by John Alexander Dowie. He was a popular faith healer and started the church and the Zion community with utopian ideals. Under Wilbur Glenn Voliva , Dowie's successor, the church was noted for its adherence to

264-616: Is served by Metra 's Union Pacific North Line through Zion railway station on the east side. It connects the city to Chicago , Kenosha and intermediate communities. Pace bus line 571 provides internal transit service in Zion and connects the city to Waukegan . The 8,500-seat Fielders Stadium was planned to open in May 2010. Once completed, it was to host the home games of the Lake County Fielders North American League baseball team co-owned by

297-528: The Ahmadiyya movement. In 1903 they engaged in a widely publicized "prayer duel", each calling upon God to punish the other to expose him as a false prophet. Ahmad and his followers proclaimed Dowie's rapidly ensuing illness, disgrace, and death as a vindication of their religious beliefs. Ahmad died in 1908, a year later than Dowie, although he was several years older than Dowie. Wilbur Glenn Voliva succeeded Dowie as General Overseer of Zion in 1906 and renamed

330-749: The Illinois National Guard . In World War I and World War II, it served as a rifle range for the Great Lakes Naval Training Station . The range remained in operation until 1973, when it was transferred to the Illinois Department of Conservation. In 1950, the Illinois Dunes Preservation Society was established to maintain the natural qualities of the beach. With the help of the Illinois Department of Conservation,

363-416: The "apostate churches", etc. Dowie had progressive views on race relations for his day and welcomed African-Americans into his church, of whom some 200 settled in Zion. He later sent some of them as missionaries to South Africa, where they established churches that became very influential. As the community of Zion grew in size and prosperity, Dowie adopted an increasingly lavish lifestyle, building himself

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396-559: The 2010 census, Zion has a total area of 9.813 square miles (25.42 km ), of which 9.81 square miles (25.41 km ) (or 99.97%) is land and 0.003 square miles (0.01 km ) (or 0.03%) is water. Zion is the closest municipality to South Beach within Illinois Beach State Park . The North Beach is in Winthrop Harbor . The beach was originally part of Camp Logan , developed in 1892 as a rifle range by

429-492: The Christian Catholic Apostolic Church were effectively banned - visiting preachers from rival sects were harassed and hounded out of town by the city police force. He diversified Zion Industries to include a bakery which produced the popular Zion brand fig bar cookies and White Dove chocolates. Zion was a one company town and its workers were paid substandard wages. A strict code of morality

462-567: The Christian Catholic Church. Because of Dowie's emphasis on faith healing and restorationism the church is considered a forerunner of Pentecostalism . The name Christian Catholic Church is still used for Christ Community Church's worldwide fellowship of churches and mission work. As of 2008, it has about 3,000 members in the United States and Canada . Missionary work is conducted in Japan, Philippines, Guyana, Palestine, Indonesia, and

495-595: The Navajo Nation. Missionary work continues among the African Zionists under the banner of Zion Evangelical Ministries of Africa (ZEMA). ZEMA's goal is to convert the African Zionists from syncretism to mainstream Christian theology. John Alexander Dowie was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 25, 1847, to an evangelical family. The family emigrated to Australia in 1860, with Dowie returning to attend

528-470: The Praetorian Guard, whose helmets carried the word 'PATIENCE' and whose sleeves bore images of doves. Policemen wore Bibles and clubs on their belts. Voliva gained a lot of nationwide notoriety by his vigorous advocacy of flat earth doctrine. He offered a widely publicized $ 5000 challenge for anyone to disprove flat earth theory, but on terms of his own choosing. The church schools in Zion taught

561-574: The United States in 1888. By 1890, he had settled in Chicago , where he built a large faith healing business (which included a large mail order component) and had attracted thousands of followers. He bought land 40 miles (60 km) north of Chicago to found Zion, where he personally owned all of the land and most businesses. The city was named after Mount Zion in Israel . Dowie also founded

594-626: The University of Edinburgh from 1867 to 1872, at which time he once more sailed for Australia. In 1876 Dowie married and he began his evangelistic ministry three years later in Melbourne . Dowie emigrated to San Francisco in 1888 where he founded the Ministry of Divine Healing. After years of traveling across the country preaching and healing, he finally settled in Chicago and in 1893 set up

627-485: The Zion Tabernacle of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church , which was the only church in town. The structure was built in the early 1900s and was burned down in 1937, following several decades of tumultuous rule by Dowie's successor, Wilbur Glenn Voliva . Zion is located at 42°27′12″N 87°50′25″W  /  42.453221°N 87.840222°W  / 42.453221; -87.840222 . According to

660-524: The actor Kevin Costner . The Fielders' name is an homage to Costner's 1989 film Field of Dreams , with the logo showing a ballplayer standing in a field of corn. The Fielders' site has been subject to a court dispute between the owners and the city over a breach in contract. Until the 1940s, Zion enshrined the Flat Earth doctrine in its religious code. The former city seal was the subject of

693-524: The age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were married couples living together, 20.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 26.4% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.44. 33.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64 and 8.4% were 65 years of age or older. The median age

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726-518: The area south of Beach Road was established as the state's first natural preserve. The sections of the northern beach, between Beach Road and the Wisconsin state border, were acquired by the state between 1971 and 1982. The Illinois Beach Resort and Conference Center is located at the south beach. The North Point Marina , one of the largest in the Great Lakes region, is at the north beach. It

759-537: The church all but dissolved. A small remnant was reorganized under the leadership of Michael Mintern but a second fire destroyed the Zion Auditorium on April 11, 1959. At this time the Robson family from England were living in an apartment in the building. They were out of the building at the time. Had they been at home they would have perished, as the fire appliances were not able to reach the fourth floor. This

792-473: The church to "Christian Catholic Apostolic Church". He kept tight control on his some 6000 followers, which made up the community, even up to the point of dictating their choice of marriage partners. All real estate in Zion, while sold at market rates, was conveyed under an 1100-year lease, subject to many restrictions and subject to termination at the whim of the General Overseer. Religions other than

825-567: The community. Initially its main product was Scottish lace and it enjoyed considerable success. Dowie proselytized vigorously both in person and by means of several serial publications, chief among them being Leaves of Healing , and gained a lot of adherents. At its height in 1905, the church claimed some 30,000 members worldwide, of whom some 7500 settled in Zion. Two notable features of Dowie's preaching were faith healing and what he called holy living—his followers were admonished to abstain from tobacco, alcohol, pork products, doctors and medicines,

858-629: The flagging fortunes of the church by instituting the annual Zion Passion Play, along the lines of the famous one in Oberammergau . However, in 1937 a disgruntled employee set the church's huge Shiloh Tabernacle, where the play took place, ablaze. Shortly thereafter, Voliva was forced into personal bankruptcy . In 1942 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Voliva made a tearful public confession to his followers that he had misappropriated church funds for his personal use and committed other misdeeds. Shortly thereafter on October 11, 1942, he died, and

891-512: The flat earth doctrine. His 5,000 watt radio station, WCBD , broadcast his diatribes against round earth astronomy, and the evils of evolution. Like his predecessor Dowie, Voliva increasingly developed an overtly lavish lifestyle, which began to alienate his followers, especially after the hardships brought on by the Great Depression , which forced the town's sole employer, Zion Industries, into bankruptcy. In 1935 Voliva tried to revive

924-419: The new leader of the church. A splinter group rejected the new leadership, left Zion, and some of them went on to become influential leaders of the budding Pentecostal movement. Dowie died of another stroke on March 9, 1907. A bizarre sidelight on Dowie's later years is that he became embroiled in an acrimonious public dispute with a controversial Indian Muslim religious figure, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , founder of

957-447: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Christian Catholic Church . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_Catholic_Church&oldid=1168031592 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

990-445: Was 2,789.5 per square mile (1,077.0/km ). There were 8,036 housing units at an average density of 980.3 per square mile (378.5/km ). The racial make-up was 48.9% White , 31.10% African American , 0.4% Native American , 2.3% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 12% from other races and 5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 27.7% of the population. There were 7,552 households, of which 44.1% had children under

1023-468: Was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.0 males. The median household income was $ 45,723 and the median family income was $ 50,378. Males had a median income of $ 37,455 and females $ 27,563. The per capita income was $ 17,730. About 10.1% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 15.5% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over. The city

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1056-531: Was felt to be God's provision as He kept them out of the building that day. The church in Zion was later renamed to Christ Community Church. Zion, Illinois Zion is a city in Lake County, Illinois , United States. Per the 2020 census , the population was 24,655. The city was founded in July 1901 by John Alexander Dowie , a Scots-Australian evangelical minister and faith healer who had migrated to

1089-478: Was imposed in the town on all persons who set foot inside city limits. It was unlawful for women to wear short dresses, high heels, bathing suits or lipstick. Ham, bacon, oysters, liquor and tobacco were banned, as were drugstores, medical buildings, movie theaters, and globes (as they challenged Voliva's flat-earth cosmology). A ten o'clock curfew was rigidly enforced. You could be arrested for whistling on Sunday. These laws were enforced by Voliva's police force, called

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