GLENVIEW COMMUNITY CHURCH

Glenview Community Church began as a Congregational Church in 1897 in a small house on Dewes Street. In 1941, the Congregational Church called the Rev. Robert Edgar from Red Oak, Iowa. With Rev. Edgar's inspired leadership, the church voted to disband and then immediately formed a new congregation - the Glenview Community Church - on September 29, 1941. Rapid growth In Glenview and the church continued during the war years. Having outgrown its tiny building but due to the scarcity of building materials because of the war effort, the congregation met at different times in a tailor shop, bowling alley, civic building and field house. During these years, funds were collected, so that in 1946, when building materials again became available, the sanctuary at the corner of Glenview Road and Elm Street was built. Eventually, a gymnasium was added for the high school youth, a church school and office wing were constructed, and finally, the sanctuary was enlarged to its present size.....

Primary location: Glenview United States