First Christian Church is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada, the first protestant movement begun on these shores. Born out of a sense of freedom, and against the religious strife that was too pervasive in the early 1800's, the Christian Churches encouraged diverse people to gather into houses of worship to unite in the one common belief of all Christians. As the earliest ecumenical church, we have always engaged with other denominations of the Christian faith.