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BFCC's first building


The Church of the Nazarene was officially organized in Boise during the spring of 1903. In 1916 they purchased a building at 15th & Franklin. Growth forced the members to address the inadequacy of the building that had served them for nearly 40 years and in 1947, in a historic decision, the congregation voted to re-locate.

BFCC second building

Eleven years later the congregation finally moved into their new building on Liberty Road, where they worshipped for the next 42 years. Increased growth, even with the establishment of four other Nazarene Churches in Boise, brought about "double-sessions" and the anticipation of expansion for the growing congregation.

BFCC Current Building

In 1999, under the leadership or Pastor Robert Hopper, what seemed circumstantial and happenstance inquiries regarding the property, caused leadership to think in new ways about the future. After spending days in prayer and fasting, the congregation sensed that it was God who brought about the circumstances and that we should in faith follow His lead. On June 6, 1999, the membership, with a strong majority vote, approved the sale of Liberty Rd. properties and the purchase of 38 acres on Eagle Rd. The reasoning is nearly word for word as given by the 1948 congregation when it moved from Franklin Rd. to Liberty Rd. ... "inadequate facilities and the trend of the population growth to the West." Groundbreaking Day on Eagle Road took place on June 25, 2000. The congregation held its first service in the new church on Eagle Rd. on October 7, 2001.

On January 26, 2003 Boise First Church of the Nazarene celebrated its 100th birthday. Our pastor, Rev. Darrel Wiseman, continues to cast vision for the future of Boise First as a multi-generational church that demonstrates a biblical sense of community whereby people not only commit to Christ, but connect to each other.
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