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Historical & Sacred

For over 140 our church has been at the corner of 4th Avenue North and 27th Street since 1882.

With features like midcentury stained glass by Judson Studios, the 1889 church bell, and historic fireplaces designed by McIver & Cohagen, our campus reflects the hard work of our forebears to accommodate the work of community, education, and justice. The Billings First Church Resiliency Project will prepare our historic building to continue living out the church's values in the Billings community.

Integral

Through acts and works of radical service, hospitality and justice, we are an integral part of this community. We are that sacred space and community, whose care and love, for neighbor and stranger, for the downcast and the oppressed, and for the wholeness of community, is without boundary.

We've wanted to be a place of such healing and transformation that people would be drawn to our city because a church and place like ours exists within it.

We've also worked really hard on being healthy. We've flattened out our leadership models, such that they are not vertical, but horizontal.

We've inserted ourselves in critical community conversations, not as a one off, but as committed partners in the hard, sometimes long, journey toward solutions.

Speak. Act. Serve.

We've made a name for ourselves, not in the masses of money we've stored up or how shiny we are, but in the way we speak and act and serve.

We've built, in marketing terms, a solid brand in our community and region. And, there are folks who, while are not members of the church, want to see the church flourish and sustain.

In a harsh world, it can seem like there is little justice or joy,; our church is a place of justice and joy. And we need that. Our community and world need it. Here, in Billings, our Indigenous siblings need that. And together, with the National Fund for Sacred Spaces, we can make that a reality for a long time to come.