[1] A bastion of charismatic evangelicalism within the Episcopal Church and the center of a significant healing prayer ministry,[2] Rez was growing numerically.

[6]) The much larger Beasley-led church began meeting at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn, where it would remain for 18 years.

[7] Via AMIA, a founding member during the early days, Rez joined the Anglican Church in North America, initially affiliating with the Diocese of Pittsburgh.

[8] The diocese was approved by ACNA's Provincial Council in June 2013, and Ruch was consecrated as the first bishop of the Upper Midwest on September 28, 2013.

[1] In 2010, a Rez member found a vacant Alcoa warehouse on the west side of Wheaton and bought it at auction on behalf of the church.

Designed to mimic an old mill which once stood on the property, the building sits nestled within the sloping landscape abutting the DuPage River.

[18] In 2011, prior to Rez's acquisition of its current building, a record 1,500 people attended the Easter vigil held in Edman Chapel at Wheaton College.

[1] In June 2019, a former member of and volunteer at Rez, Mark Rivera, was arrested and charged with felony child sexual assault and abuse of a nine-year-old girl.

Christ Our Light was planted through the Greenhouse Network by Rez members, including Rivera and the mother of the alleged abuse victim.

[21] “My mother was the one who invited Mark and his family to move to Big Rock, to live on my childhood home property, after knowing and serving alongside him as a volunteer leader at the church for several years,” she said in a statement published by Religion News Service.

“My extended family members, who lent additional trust and credibility to Mark Rivera, met him through Church of the Resurrection.”[20] The mother of the alleged abuse victim returned to Rez in 2019.

[22] In May 2022, the alleged victim's mother filed a lawsuit through counsel Boz Tchividjian, a litigator who handles sex abuse cases against religious organizations, against the now-defunct Christ Our Light Anglican.

[23] Also in 2021, individuals began to make public complaints about "spiritual hazing" and "a culture of censorship and controlling behavior," according to news reports.

[17] Due to these allegations, the ACNA launched a separate investigation by an outside law firm into "claims of abuse of ecclesiastical (i.e. church) power" in the diocese.