Our Leadership

Reverend Carlendia Madden believes the “Word” works! She was ordained in September 2003 and has been a preacher of the Gospel for 24 years. Rev. Madden is a fierce proponent of believers allowing the Word of God to dwell richly in them, thereby producing a life of victory in Christ!

Rev. Madden is widely known for her practical and dynamic teaching style which has helped FTCC members apply the timeless truths of scripture to their everyday lives. An anointed teacher, wholly submitted to the guiding of the Spirit to reveal the deep truths in God’s word, her weekly “Foundations of Faith” class allowed countless new converts to comprehend the power God has given them to change the world.Today, she continues to teach the Word in Weekly Bible Class. Rev. Madden also heads the church’s daily Morning Prayer call at 5:45 a.m.From 2007-2017, she served as the Outreach Leader of First Tabernacle Community Church’s Prison Outreach Ministry delivering hope and redemption to inmates at the Cook County Department of Corrections. Her lively, powerful and relevant teaching touched the hearts of inmates, resulting in over 450 souls saved! Compassionate in her care for the lost and poor, she recently led the church’s street evangelism effort to provide food, clothing, coats, and care packages to migrants and asylum

seekers arriving in Chicago last winter. In her drive to save the lost, she also recognizes the critical importance of nurturing and inspiring the saved. As the president of the FTCC Women's Ministry she empowered women to stand as intercessors for their husbands, children, and families. At the heart of Rev. Madden’s ministry is a core belief that true believers accept and fulfill the Great Commission given by Christ.Her ministry of care for God’s people also extends to her chosen profession as a registered nurse for the past 33 years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in executive nursing from Chamberlain College of Nursing.She is currently the Clinical Director of Nursing at Advocate Medical Group where she manages 10 sites. Rev. Madden has been lovingly joined in marriage to her husband, Major Joseph Madden, for 35 years. She is the mother of their three lovely daughters: Jasmyn, 33; Jocelyn (Adrian), 30, and Jordan, 27. She recently became the proud grandmother to her first grandchild, Olive Magnolia.

Reverend Dr. Frank White has labored in love for First Tabernacle Community Church for over 40 years. Receiving Christ in 1973, he became ready and willing to make practice the motto: “in order to lead, one must be able to follow.” He served as deacon until 1986, when he received his calling to ministry and was elevated to the office of Assistant Pastor under the leadership and support of Pastor Sarah Slaughter. It was 7 years later, after her passing, that Reverend Frank White was elected as Pastor of First Tabernacle Community Church. Never resting on his laurels, Rev. White has continued his vision for moving F.T.C.C forward as a servant based ministry fulfilling its call to care for God’s people.

First Lady, Patricia Ann White and Pastor White have been happily married for 60 years. During that time she has remained a dedicated and committed member of F.T.C.C its mission. Her immeasurable love and care for the body is a testament to her love for Christ. A virtuous, upright and anointed teacher of the Gospel, Mother White’s selfless ability to be the wind beneath Rev. White’s wings has helped shape a ministry that is steeped in their deep love for one another and their devotion to God and his people.

Reverend Frank White and Mother Patricia White

Associate Ministers

Eld. Steven Nash

Rev. Claudia Randolph

Eld. Sharitha Jones

What We Believe As A Community Church

THE FATHER

We believe God is the infinite personal spirit, perfect, holy, and eternal creator of all things, who has revealed Himself as a trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; having the same nature, attributes and perfection, each worthy of the same obedience and worship, yet but one God.

(1 John 5:7; Genesis 1:26; Matthew 28:19, 3:16-17; Luke 1:35; Isaiah 9:6; Hebrews 3:7-11)

THE SON

We believe that Jesus Christ is the only begotten son of the Father, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and died upon the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of the world. We believe He rose from the dead in the same body he was crucified, ascended into heaven, glorified, our interceding High Priest; and will come again personally, literally and will imminently return.

(Isaiah 1:18; 53:5-6; 55:7; Matthew 1:21; 27:22-66, 28:1-6; Luke 1:68-69; 2:28-32; John 1:12; 3:16, 36; 5:24; Acts 2:21; 4:12; 16:30-31; Romans 1:16-18; 3:23-25; 5:8-10; 6; 1, 10:9-10; Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20; Galatians 2:16, 20; 3:8, 13; Ephesians 2:8-10; Philippians 2:12-13; Hebrews 9:22-28; Revelation 3:20)

THE HOLY SPIRIT

We believe in the Holy Spirit as the third person in the trinity who seals, baptizes, indwells and regenerates all believing sinners.

(Genesis 1:2; Psalms 51:11; 139:7 ff.; Isaiah 61:1-3; Joel 2:28-32; Mark 1:10; Luke 1:35; 4:1; 11:13; 12:12; John 15:26; 16:7-14; Acts 1:5, 8; 2:1-4; 13:2; Romans 8:9-11, 14-16, 26-27; Galatians 5:22-23; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 12:1-11; Ephesians 1:13-14; 2 Peter 1:21; Revelation 22:17)

THE MAN

We believe that man was created in the image of God, fell in sin, became alienated from God, became and is totally depraved, and of himself cannot inherit the Kingdom of God unless he accepts salvation through Jesus Christ.

(Genesis 1:26-30; 2:7, 18-22; 3; Psalms 8:3-6; 32:1-5; 51:5; Isaiah 6:5; Jeremiah 17:5; Acts 17:26-31; Romans 1:19-32; 3:10-18, 23; 5:6; 6:6; 7:14-25; 1 Corinthians 1:21-31; 15:19, 21-22; Ephesians 2; Colossians 1:21-22; 3:9-11)

SALVATION

We believe in salvation by grace, through faith to all who trust in the complete works of Jesus Christ.

THE CHURCH

We believe in the church as an elect company of believers baptized by the Holy Spirit into one body, each believer living a life in the power of the Holy Spirit. We believe the mission of the church to witness concerning its head, Jesus Christ, and to teach and preach the gospel among all nations; to fellowship and conserve the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper and to continue in prayer.

(Matthew 16:18-19; 18:15-20; Acts 2:41-47; 5:11-14; 13:1-3; 14:23; 16:5; 20:28; 1 Corinthians 7:17; 9:13-14; 12; Ephesians 1:22-23; 2:19-22; 3:10-12; 5:22-32; Colossians 1:18; 3:15; 1 Timothy 4:14; 1 Peter 5:1-4; Revelation 21:2-3)

THE BIBLE

We believe in the Holy Scriptures – Old and New Testaments, as the inspired Word of God and as the supreme authority for the direction of faith and life.

(Deuteronomy 4:1-2; Psalms 119:11, 89, 105; Proverbs 30:5; Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 22:29; John 5:39; 16:13-15; 17:17; Romans 15:4, 16:25-26; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Hebrews 1:1-2; 4:12; 1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 3:16)