The Challenge Of The Impossible: The Story Of The Chicago Christian Industrial League By William Seath Book Summary
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This is an audio summary provided by City Vision University of the book "The Challenge of the Impossible: The Story of The Chicago Christian Industrial League" by William Seath published in 1967. This is The sources detail the history and mission of the Chicago Christian Industrial League, a rescue mission founded in 1909 by Rev. George A. Kilbey to serve the "least, the last, and the lost" in Chicago’s Skid Row. Under the leadership of Kilbey and later Dr. William Seath, who served as Executive Director for over three decades, the League operated on the conviction that the Gospel message must be inextricably linked with physical ministry to achieve miraculous results. To meet the needs of the destitute, the organization provided essential services such as meals, housing, and medical care, while fostering self-respect through industrial work prog ...