History of Country Hills Church
God first gave the vision for CHC in 1983 to Pastor Mark Bolender and several key pastors and lay people who had been working with our District Office in the area of Church Planting. Little did Mark suspect what God was about to do through the years! The Bolenders were initially teamed with two other families, and CHC just grew and grew and grew from there. Staff was added - secretaries, youth workers, associates. Together they were building a strong team, both professionals and lay-people, who would give of themselves to see lives touched with the gospel.
The first service was held on January 8, 1984 - in the library of a local school. Eventually the Lord opened up the way for land to be purchased. In 1989 their first building, our current location, was dedicated. It seemed huge - could they ever fill such a big auditorium? God has continued to do great things here since that time and continues to challenge and bless us. Currently we have begun the process of discovering, understanding, and implementing a new vision.