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Olivet Christian Church

Olivet Christian Church was founded in October of 1879 by members of Grafton Christian Church. The first service was held in a one room school house one and a half miles north of our current location on November 2, 1879. There were eleven members present. The school house was renovated and dedicated on August 6, 1882. The first new building, one half mile north of our current location, was dedicated on May 30, 1909. Fire destroyed this house of worship on February 21, 1948. Ground breaking for another building was on August 19, 1948 and a new educational building was dedicated on August 16, 1964. Olivet persevered through a succession of buildings with both growth and setbacks - including nearly a year of no services during 1918 and 1919. The rapid growth in the past decade necessitated the expansion of our building and the addition of a new and larger worship center which was completed September 1, 2002. In the Fall of 2004 Olivet was joined by a sister congregation, Christ's Church of the Peninsula, to create a new and growing congregation. While Olivet's history is rich with God's blessings, we are focused on the future as we strive to bring glory to God and to bring lost people to salvation through Jesus Christ.

Date Built

OLIVET started in 1879!