History

Our Roots:

In 1907, several groups of Italian Evangelicals were brought together in Chicago, by the work of the Holy Spirit. Many signs, wonders and conversions followed, encouraging pioneers like L. Francescon, P. Ottolini, G. Lombardi, Lucia Menna, L. Terragnoli, U.Garrazzi, G. Perrou and many others, to evangelize among Italian speaking people across the United States and also abroad in Canada, Italy, Argentina and Brazil. Consequently, many churches were founded in those places for the testimony of our Lord’s Gospel.

In order to keep fellowship and maintain an orderly progress, in April of 1927, a convention of various congregations was held in Niagara Falls and the 12 Articles of Faith were adopted.

Throughout the years, decreasing immigration rates and high levels of assimilation among the Italian brethren led to many changes in our congregations and facilitated opportunity for spreading the gospel to others.

In the early 1980’s, some churches, espousing the same persuasion regarding worship, organization, and adherence to Scriptural doctrines, started to hold annual meetings, that today convenes in a rotation basis in Los Angeles, CA, Buffalo, NY and Chicago, IL, under the name Christian Congregation in the United States.

Today, the Christian Congregation is a multiethnic body, providing services in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, with a family of about 100 congregations across North America, committed to the preaching and practice of Biblical Christianity and to sharing the same hope and communion with churches of like doctrine around the globe.