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Beginnings are so vital, because in many ways they set the ongoing genetic code of the church. OKFCC was planted for the best of reasons – to spread the gospel. At the very first exploratory meeting called by Pastor Sid Waterman on January 28, 1979, Fred King, who later became the MP of this area, spoke for many in that room of fourteen believers, when he responded to a question. He was asked how his congregation, Kaleden Baptist Church, would respond to having another church start just miles away from theirs. He said that they would welcome such a plant for two reasons. 1) Because the gospel was being spread to another community, and 2) They looked forward to the Christian fellowship they would experience with that new church. And so, later that spring, the charter members of that new church called Pastor Dan Watts and his wife Sharon to come to OK Falls for that purpose. Pastor Dan led his first service on June 10th in the OK Falls School gym. Many baptisms soon took place in Skaha Lake. As Pastor Dan told the local newspaper, “the person being baptized is declaring to the world that they have turned their backs on sin…and that through Christ’s life in them they will live a new life in ‘victory over sin’.” And in the years since then, that mandate to spread the gospel has been at the heart of this church. God richly blessed this new work. On March 14, 1981 this community broke ground for the building that has housed this vision ever since. The building was completed and dedicated on November 15th of that years. Rev. Watts served this community until 1984, followed by many other faithful servants including pastors Ron Schindel, Gary Lawrence, Ted Searle, Dave Kelly, Ron Crooker, and Wade Harvey. Pastor Jon Manlove is our present pastor. But this church has been built on far more than its pastoral leadership. As Baptists, one of our core convictions is the priesthood of all believers. And over the years, it has been ordinary Christians, using the gifts the Spirit has given, to contribute together in the building up of this work. All, for praise of His glory! (see Ephesians 1:12)A Brief History
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