Our History
Oct 14, 1855 – At Mr. James Cowles’ cabin in Topeka, Kansas nine men met: Rev. Paul Shepard, John Ritchie, M.C. Dickey, Wm. Scales, C.A. Sexton, Augustus Barnard, Wm. Bowker, and H.H. Cowles to discuss forming an anti-slavery Congregational Church. The church that emerged has become the home base for creative spiritual work and serves as a vehicle for benefitting the common good.
Pictured: First Congregational Church in the 1860s, Topeka, Kansas
