"The preaching, ministry sessions, and fellowship will strengthen your spirit, bless your soul, and further allow you to make a difference for Christ!"
Join us this week to be equipped, refreshed, challenged, and encouraged to continue on the Old Paths.
- Pastor Phil Cavanaugh
Host Pastor
Northwest Bible Baptist Church
Elgin, IL
Pastor
Faith Baptist Church
Bourbonnais, IL
Pastor
Grace Baptist Church
Lockport, IL
Pastor Emeritus
Northwest Bible Baptist Church
Elgin, IL
Pastor
Bella Vista Baptist Church
Albuquerque, NM
Pastor
Old Paths Baptist Church
Dubuque, IA
Pastor
Community Baptist Temple
Akron, OH
Pastor
Lighthouse Baptist Church
Holland, MI
Pastor
Bible Baptist Church
Terre Haute, IN
Pastor
Bible Baptist Church
Central Lake, MI
Elgin, IL
Elgin, IL
Elgin, IL
Elgin, IL
See what awaits you at this year's conference
Ready to be equipped, refreshed, challenged, and encouraged?
RSVP TodayMonday - Thursday • September 22-25, 2025
Ages 0-3 years available during every service Monday-Wednesday
Ages 4-12 years with supervised activities during sessions
Special activities for grades 7-12th during breakout sessions
Continental breakfast provided at Providence Baptist College, lunch ($5 meal tickets), dinner available for purchase
25-minute sessions taught by Guest Speakers and the staff of Northwest Bible Baptist Church
All breakout sessions run for 25 minutes on church property.
Nurseries, childcare & teen
activities are available during all sessions.
Multiple sessions run simultaneously. Choose the sessions that best fit your ministry needs and interests.
Reserve your spot now.
Northwest Bible Baptist Church
9N889 Nesler Road, Elgin, IL 60124
Kyte River Revival Campgrounds
4492 S Knoll Road, Rochelle, IL
Outdoor activities, fellowship, and concluding services
Transportation from O'Hare Airport can be provided if you send us your flight information plenty of time in advance.
"The fellowship with friends was a special blessing."- Assistant Pastor in Illinois
"The music was outstanding!"- Pastor
"The childcare made it easy to have my whole family there."- Assistant Pastor
The National Old Paths Church Growth Conference is hosted annually by Northwest Bible Baptist Church in Elgin, IL, pastored by Pastor Phil Cavanaugh.
Northwest Bible Baptist Church and its ministries are extensive and include its own Academy, Providence Baptist College, Kyte River Revival Campgrounds (Rochelle, IL), as well as extensive Sunday school, bus, nursing home, and soulwinning ministries, and a Spanish department just to name a few. It hosts this annual National Old Paths Church Growth Conference, a National Youth Conference and a Missions Conference.
In its present 16-acre location in the beautiful rolling countryside on Nesler Road in rural Elgin, Illinois, Northwest Bible Baptist Church continues to expand its ministries with new outreaches that broaden with the horizon of Pastor Cavanaugh's vision – all with the same right-living zeal and soulwinning passion that have served as its guiding themes over the years.
The church, a gospel lighthouse all over Chicago's northwestern suburbs, now launches lifeboats for disadvantaged children with thirteen bus routes; for nursing home residents in eight locations; for thousands of homes in need of Christ; for hundreds of young men in two prisons; for Spanish-speaking folks with a distinct Spanish Department; and for the lost on over seventy home and foreign mission fields. Church members from ten different soul-winning groups rescue the perishing every day of the week. Preaching with zeal and fire from God's Bible blueprint, Pastor Cavanaugh has a vision to build this lighthouse that sheds its bright beam from Elgin to Rockford to Aurora to Chicago and every outlying region within reach.