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The Dalles Evangelical Church

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Our Story...

The Evangelical Church was born on June 4, 1968, in Portland, Oregon, when 46 congregations and about 80 pastors met in an organizing session. Within two weeks a group of twenty churches and thirty pastors from Montana and North Dakota became a part of the new church. 


The spiritual roots of The Evangelical Church go back to the ministry of Arminius, the 17th-century theologian, and to the Wesleyan revival. Certain distinctives were prominent in motivating the people who formed the new denomination, and those distinctives continue to guide the church's life, program, and devotion, which includes:

  • Interchurch relationships are limited to Biblically sound spiritual fellowship.

  • Faithful, Biblical, and sensible preaching and teaching of those truths proclaimed by the scholars of the Wesleyan-Arminian viewpoint.

  • An itinerant system which reckons with the rights of individuals and the desires of the congregations.

  • Local ownership of all local church properties and assets.

The former Holiness Methodist Church became a part of The Evangelical Church in 1969, bringing its local churches, ministry, and membership, along with a flourishing mission field in Bolivia. The Wesleyan Covenant Church joined in 1977, along with its missionary work in Mexico and Brownsville, Texas, as well as its work among the Navajo Indians in New Mexico.


Today the Pacific Conference of the Evangelical Church is made up of fifty-three churches throughout Oregon and Washington. We have large churches and small churches; churches in rural areas and churches in large metropolitan areas. We believe the local church is a place of grace and growth where there is flexibility in worship. The Pacific Conference serves to support and build healthy local churches by providing assistance in Pastoral Leadership Development, training and resources for TurnAround Pastors, and financial assistance and personnel for planting new churches.​

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The Dalles Evangelical Church founded in 1886 is part of the Pacific Conference of Evangelical Churches. TDEC is a congregation in The Dalles, that offers members and visitors a chance to become part of something greater. To grow in their love of God and for one another within our beautiful community.

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The Mission

We are committed to Christ, His Word, and Prayer. We are dedicated to sharing the love of Christ through ministry, fellowship, and worship. At its core are believers in Christ who come together to Pray, apply God’s Word, celebrate His love, and extend His grace to the world around us.

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