The original site of the First Congregational Church was between Abriendo Avenue and the Arkansas River which is now 217 Midway Ave. A small comfortable frame building was erected in 1881. On November 6, 1881, the Reverend C. S. Harrison preached his first sermon in the new church. On December 19, 1888, the Trustees were instructed by the congregation to purchase four lots on the corner of Evans Avenue and Jackson Street which is the present location of the church, 228 West Evans Ave. The First Congregational United Church of Christ stems from the great traditions of the Protestant Reformation: Lutheran, Calvinist and Congregational. The Congregational and the Christian churches, stressing congregational freedom and a continuing reformation, united in 1931 to form the Congregational Christian Churches in America. The Reformed Church of the United States and the Evangelical Synod of North America, stressing liberty of conscience, authority of scripture and their common liberal German Protestant heritage, united in 1934 to form the Evangelical and Reformed Church in America. In 1957, these churches united to form the United Church of Christ. This same year First Congregational Church voted to join the merger, becoming the First Congregational United Church of Christ.
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