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SIDEBAR: Bellingham Timeline

This year, Adventists are marking 125 years of ministry in Bellingham, Wash., with the completion of a new church facility on the sister ministry campus of Baker View Christian School. Here is a brief history of the mission in the community.

Bellingham Timeline

  • 1893 — Mission work began in Bellingham
  • 1894 — Elder J.E. Fuller arrived, 18 charter members established, and various meeting places rented
  • 1920 — Land purchased at 910 N. Forest Street
  • 1921 — School first opened
  • 1923 — Church facility opened and dedicated
  • 1948 — New school facility finished
  • 2014 — Church facility sold to join the school campus
  • 2018 — New church facility completed

Featured in: December 2018

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