Ever wonder about the origins of the Rocky Mountain District?
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The first district assembly for the Dakotas and Montana District was held August 11-14 in 1910 at Surrey, North Dakota, with General Superintendent Hiram F. Reynolds presiding. There are five original churches listed, among them is Galpin, Montana, with Jacob Luchsinger as pastor. This arrangement continued until the 1920 assembly of the Dakota-Montana District, when the Home Missions and Evangelism Committee recommended “that the entire state of Montana be transferred to the Idaho-Oregon District.”
This would have included churches at Nashua, Homestead, and the Hydro German congregation.
In 1920 the first Church of the Nazarene in Wyoming was organized at Federal. It became part of the Eastern Colorado-Wyoming District.
Other Wyoming churches began the following year in Bordeaux and Casper.
A separate Montana District was formed in 1922. Four years later, on August 18, 1926, the assembly of the Montana District was held jointly with the Minneapolis District in Dickinson, ND. This resulted in the merging of the two districts to form the Central Northwest District of the Church of the Nazarene.
At the 1928 assembly of that district, the Montana delegation met with General Superintendent Reynolds, who told them the General Assembly had acted to set off Montana as a home missionary district and advised Montana and Wyoming be united as one home missionary district. On October 10, 1928 delegates of Nazarene churches across Montana and Wyoming met in Billings and formed what has since been known as the Rocky Mountain District of the Church of the Nazarene.
For nearly a century Montana and Wyoming has enjoyed a blessed heritage as the Rocky Mountain District.
This is Our Story...
The first district assembly for the Dakotas and Montana District was held August 11-14 in 1910 at Surrey, North Dakota, with General Superintendent Hiram F. Reynolds presiding. There are five original churches listed, among them is Galpin, Montana, with Jacob Luchsinger as pastor. This arrangement continued until the 1920 assembly of the Dakota-Montana District, when the Home Missions and Evangelism Committee recommended “that the entire state of Montana be transferred to the Idaho-Oregon District.”
This would have included churches at Nashua, Homestead, and the Hydro German congregation.
In 1920 the first Church of the Nazarene in Wyoming was organized at Federal. It became part of the Eastern Colorado-Wyoming District.
Other Wyoming churches began the following year in Bordeaux and Casper.
A separate Montana District was formed in 1922. Four years later, on August 18, 1926, the assembly of the Montana District was held jointly with the Minneapolis District in Dickinson, ND. This resulted in the merging of the two districts to form the Central Northwest District of the Church of the Nazarene.
At the 1928 assembly of that district, the Montana delegation met with General Superintendent Reynolds, who told them the General Assembly had acted to set off Montana as a home missionary district and advised Montana and Wyoming be united as one home missionary district. On October 10, 1928 delegates of Nazarene churches across Montana and Wyoming met in Billings and formed what has since been known as the Rocky Mountain District of the Church of the Nazarene.
For nearly a century Montana and Wyoming has enjoyed a blessed heritage as the Rocky Mountain District.