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The Story of Rolling Hills Community Church

Rolling Hills Community Church began in 1975 as a vision in the heart of a young seminary student named Dale Ebel. God gave him a vision that he would someday establish a church that would reach thousands of people with the Good News of Jesus Christ. A place where men, women and children could find salvation in Jesus Christ and be led to grow in Christian maturity. A place where they could find the life mission for which God had created them.

Rolling Hills held its first service in the Oregon Bank building on Easter Sunday 1978 with 120 people. And in the months and years that followed, the congregation would find themselves riding a spiritual wave only God could send. After meeting in homes and school gyms for six years, the congregation miraculously raised $685,000 and construction was completed on the Rolling Hills church home in 1984.

In 1995, Rolling Hills reached a pivotal turning point as it refined its vision for the future. Pastor Dale invited the congregation to pray Isaiah 43:5, asking God to bring 10,000 people from the North, South, East and West into the Rolling Hills family. By 1999, weekly attendance had grown by 30% and the number of weekend services grew to four. More and more families began calling Rolling Hills their church home.