About The Dalles First Christian Church
Located in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge, The Dalles First Christian Church is an independent governed congregation with elder oversight. We have strong ties to the heritage of the Restoration Movement. We follow the Lord's plea for unity. We support all believers who accept Jesus as Lord of their lives. We don't consider ourselves the only Christians, but "Christians only". We look to the Bible as the inerrant Word of God. We follow the New Testament in matters of faith and practice.
We observe communion on a weekly basis and follow the Biblical pattern of conversion. Church members have exhibited their faith in Christ by belief, repentance, public confession of faith, baptism (immersion), and a continual faithful obedience to Biblical standards of living. We stand firm on the essential doctrines of the faith, but observe freedom in the non-essential areas of Christian life and belief.
First Christian Church
The
present day First Christian Church congregation in The
Dalles was established in 1892 by John W. Jenkins. There
were 24 charter members. According to a notice in the local
newspaper The Chronicle, the actual legal organizing of the
group was done by J. T. Eshelman. The organizational meeting
was held in the Court Room of the Old Court House. The
emerging church borrowed facilities from several
organizations in town while getting under way. The group was
able to build promptly and their building was dedicated to
the service of the Lord on September 2nd, 1893 by William F.
Cowden. A. D. Skaggs was the minister from 1896 to 1897
followed by Gentry Rushing in 1899.
Click Here » for the first in a
series celebrating the 120 year history of First Christian
Church by Joyce and Jennifer Goodman
Join Us in Worship
Why
did God create us? He is God and he didn’t need for
anything. But He created us and He created us for a reason –
worship. We were simply made to worship Him. God created us
and initiated a relationship with us and as part of that
relationship we actively express in word and action our
response to Him with worship. But worship becomes even more
powerful when its done as a group. When we have the
opportunity to share our lives and worship with each other
we build each other up. We hold each other accountable and
that helps to keep us from stumbling. And if we do stumble,
there is a hand there to help pick us back up and show us
God’s presence on this earth.
Worship is not about us and what we want in a “service”. Its about God and what He wants as we worship Him. We have several different worship services so that you can express your worship of God. So whether we worship God in a more conventional setting like our 10:30 am Sunday service or with our Contemporary Christian Worship Team at our 6:00 pm Saturday service, we are together worshiping God as we celebrate faith, build community, and serve the world – together.
