Now in our 151st year of ministry, Christ United Church of Christ was
organized as the Reformed Church of Latrobe on September 3,
1860. Our first worship building was on Main Street, currently
used by Adelphoi. The congregation outgrew its first church and
built its
second edifice of worship at the corner of Ligonier and St. Clair
Streets, where we currently meet each week for worship and activities. |
| The Reformed Church merged with the Evangelical and Reformed Church and became known as the Reformed E & R Church. In 1961, we again merged, this time with the Congregational Church, and became Christ United Church of Christ. |
| However, Christ Church is not a building. It is a
group of
people bound together by a common faith and a common loyalty to be
the people of God, the body of Christ, in this place. We are part of the United Church of Christ - a community that seeks to respond to the gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed. The United Church of Christ was founded in 1957 as the union of several different Christian traditions. From the beginning of our history, we have been a church that believes that Christians do not always have to agree to be able to live together in communion. Our motto, "That they all may be one" comes from Jesus' prayer for the unity of the church found in the gospel of St. John. The UCC is one of the most diverse Christian churches in the United States with members of all ages, tongues, and races. |
