History

It all began with a tent revival in August of 1916. It was held by evangelist George Day at a location about where the football field is today. Thirty-one people were baptized and ten joined Elbert Christian Church by statement on August 14, 1916. They moved the James Church from southwest of Elbert on Road 86 into Elbert along Kiowa Creek with a steam engine in 1917. The building was dedicated with a four-day celebration June 27- July 1, 1917. 

A flood washed away much of Elbert on Memorial Day, May 31, 1935 and abruptly changed not only the town, but also the Christian Church. The church building remained on its foundation, but the basement filled with water and six inches of mud and water stood in the sanctuary. The church board decided to move the church building to its current location. Sharold Adams and his sons moved the building using two horses and a capstan (a horse-powered winch). 

Through the years, changes were made to the building. In 2000, an addition to the building increased the seating capacity in the sanctuary from 100 people to 200 people and provided a much larger fellowship area in the basement. 

More than one hundred years have passed since the tent revival. Elbert Christian Church is where generations of people have found Jesus, been baptized into Christ and learned the Bible in Sunday School, VBS, and Bible Studies. Its members have found fellowship and friendship with other believers in fellowship dinners and other gatherings, raised their voices in worship and praise, and together remembered the sacrifice of Christ at the communion table.