Congregations
The Regional Church is divided into five districts, each one named for a river or set of rivers. Each district finds its own way to share community. The five Districts are: The Blue Mountain Rivers District, The Columbia Gorge District, The Santiam Rivers District, The Scenic Rivers District, and The Snake River District.
There are 43 congregations in the Oregon Southwest Idaho Region of which 6 are in formation.
We come from many beautiful cultures and speak Chuukese, Spanish, and English. We are house churches, small churches, large churches, and churches without buildings. We have full-time pastors, part-time pastors, bi-vocational pastors, co-pastors, chaplains, and lay pastors.
We are more
than Portland
or Boise.
We are rural and urban. We are small towns and big cities. We are youth, elders, and those between. We are migrants, transplants, and those with long history in this place. We are hunters, fishers, and explorers. We are politically diverse: liberals, moderates, and conservatives.
We are Ducks, Beavers, Broncos, Yotes, and more. We are veterans and pacifists. We are loggers and tree huggers. We are farmers and technologists. We are white-collar people and blue-collar people. Everyone is here.
In our diversity we strive to know each other as God knows us. We long for even deeper connection with each other and our Creator. We don’t always agree, but we strive to be that movement for wholeness in a fragmented world. We strive to be kind and to love one another.
And yet we recognize we still have so much work to do. We are still discovering who we are, and the new places and ways to which God is calling us. We seek to be people of Christ’s table working to worship, to serve, to love, and to care in our unique and beautiful ways.