OUR HISTORY
Waldron Street Christian Church has a long history.
Our heritage goes back to Acts 2 where the Church Started. Jesus said in Matthew 16:13-16 that he would build His Church on the fact that "Jesus is the Christ the Son of the Living God." After His life, death, burial and resurrection that church started on Pentecost in Acts 2.
WSCC is trying to restore that church in faith and practice. So as Acts 2:42 says, "we are committed to the teachings of scripture, communion, prayer and fellowship."
Our particular story started on July 1, 1858. The land on the corner of Taylor and Waldron Street was deeded to us to begin this ministry. A two story building was built there where the ministry began and carried on until the building was destroyed during the Civil War. (For any Civil War buffs, the basement still exists and is pre-civil war.)
In 1868 The Building was replaced with a one-story frame structure that stood as the church ministered for the next 45 years. In 1912 a two story brick building was built that still exists today. (A Hispanic ministry, Mt. Sinai Iglesias uses that space for ministry today.)
In 1988 the church bought some of the neighborhoods buildings and expanded its ministry with an education building. Then in 2010 the church moved out of those facilities and built a multipurpose facility on the east end of its property. The church meets in that facility for worship and all other activities today. It feels blessed with this facility and ministers to the community by allowing its facility to be used for multiple community activities like Pickers on the Square, Veterans Day Programs, National Day of Prayer, Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast and more.
What We Believe
There is only one God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Matthew 3:16-17 & John 14:9-10
God is the creator of all people and of all things. Genesis 1:1 & Acts 17:24-28
Jesus Christ is God’s only Son, the Savior of the world, and the Head of the church. John 3:16, Matthew 1:18-21 & Colossians 1:13-23
The Holy Spirit dwells within every Christian. John 16:5-15 & Romans 8:1-14
The Bible is the inspired word of God and the final authority for all matters of faith.
Romans 15:4, Hebrews 4:13 & 2 Timothy 3:16
Every person has worth as a creation of God, but that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 & 1 John 1:7
Salvation (the forgiveness of sins) is offered to all people and comes only by grace through the blood of Jesus Christ (His death on the cross) and His resurrection from the dead. Matthew 26:28, Romans 5:8-11, Ephesians 2:8-9 & 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
The Bible teaches that the pattern to follow to receive Jesus as Savior is to believe in Christ as God’s Son and Savior of the world, to repent of personal sin, to confess Christ as Lord, and to be baptized (immersed) into Christ. John 20:30-31, Acts 2:38, Romans 10:9 & Romans 6:1-7
The church is the body and bride of Christ, founded on the day of Pentecost, consisting of all Christians everywhere. Matthew 16:13-18 & Acts 2:14-47
It is God’s plan for the elders to lead the local church.Act 20:28, 1 Timothy 3:1-7 & 1 Peter 5:1-4
Death seals the eternal destiny of each person. The saved will inherit eternal life; the unsaved, eternal separation from God.
Romans 8:10-11, Daniel 12:2 & John 6:47
Jesus will one day return and reign forever as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Our Worship center was completed in 2010 and serves as a multipurpose building for all our activities from worship to fellowship meals, to youth activities, to community activities.
History of the Christian Church
The Christian Church is part of the fellowship known historically as “The Restoration Movement.” The Restoration Movement, also known as the “Stone-Campbell Movement,” emerged out of the American frontier during the nation’s Second Great Awakening (1790-1870). Disillusioned by the devsiveness of denominationalism over correct doctrine and the assertion of established traditions over scriptural authority, Alexander Campbell and Barton Stone led a movement of returning to doctrine that is clearly expressed in the Bible and to emulate the practices of the first Christians in the New Testament church. The heart of the movement is reflected in this statement: “In essentials unity, in opinions liberty, and in all things love.”
Known simply as “Christians” we believe in the deity and the Lordship of Christ, the inspiration of the scriptures, and the autonomy of the local congregation. Thus, we are free in Christ; free from ecclesiastical ties; free to seek to be the type of congregation of believers patterned after the New Testament and free to cooperate with a worldwide fellowship of such churches.
We find the Church in the New Testament had certain things which characterized it. Among those were: baptism by immersion and the weekly observance of the Lord’s Supper. In striving to be Biblical, we adhere to these.
We seek the unity of all believers on the basis of faith in Christ as the divine Son of God and the acceptance of the New Testament as the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice.