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Our Church History

 and Denominational Information

        
     				    We are a member congregation of the United Church of Christ formed in 1957 

by the union of the Congregational Christian Churches of the United States of America and 

the Evangelical Reformed Church.  As a denomination, we include people of many nationalities, 

cultures, languages, and heritages. Each autonomous Local U.C.C. Congregation structures itself

in the way that best ministers to its particular community and to the world.

     We respect the right of the individual believer's conscience in matters of faith 

and witness. Our unity comes from our covenant to work together as Christ's body, trusting 

that our differences are gifts from God which enrich and strengthen our lives and our ministry. 

        We covenant with other UCC congregations to work together in Associations, Conferences, 

and through our national General Synod for common mission and mutual support. The Grinnell 

UCC-Congregational is a part o f the Iowa Conference of the UCC and its Central Association. 

        Our Church Council is the coordinating body of our local church. The program is coordinated 

by five boards: Parish Life, Worship, Christian Education, Outreach and Trustees. All confirmed 

members of the Church, in good standing, have the right to vote in congregational meetings and to be elected as officers of this 

church. Our church was organized April 8, 1855, under the leadership of the Rev. Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, a congregational 

minister who was also the founder of the city of Grinnell and Grinnell College.