The Calapooia Free Methodist Church
The Calapooia Free Methodist Church The Calapooia Free Methodist Church started with the prayers of an old crippled civil war veteran, Sylvanus Payne White, who spent time praying at a hillside stump that God would provide a Church for his family and the people in the area to worship in. Though he never lived long enough to see that prayer answered, it was answered 20 years later in the summer of 1918.
After a revival services in the summer of 1918 under the ministry of D.O. Dodge, District Elder of the Southern Oregon Conference of the Free Methodist Church, many came to faith in Christ and the Calapooia Free Methodist Church was formally established.
For many years the Church met in the orchard groves, a preacher's shack, and in the home of Ezra and Nellie Baird. Then the people started to meet in an old abandoned Episcopal Methodist Church, which they eventually purchased and worshipped in until they moved into the present facility on Church Road in 1966.
For more information concerning the History of the Calapooia Free Methodist Church of Sutherlin, Oregon send your inquiries to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . There is also further historical information in our Church Library.
The Oregon Conference of the Free Methodist Church
The Calapooia Free Methodist Church is one of 27 Churches throughout the State of Oregon that make up the Oregon Conference of the Free Methodist Church. For more information about the Oregon Conference, please visit: www.orcfmc.org
The Free Methodist Church USA
We are a part of the Free Methodist Church denomination that started in 1860. The mission of the Free Methodist Church USA is: "To make known to all people everywhere God's call to wholeness through forgiveness and holiness in Jesus Christ, and to invite into membership and equip for ministry all who respond to faith." For more information about the Free Methodist Denomination, visit: www.freemethodistchurch.org