SIERRA BIBLE CHURCH of Murphys

By the grace of God we are a people reconciled to God, called and committed to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, living by faith under the authority of the Word of God through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Our purpose is to love and glorify God by Worshipping Him in Spirit and Truth, Growing in Christ-like maturity, Caring for one another in love, Sharing the good news of Christ's love with the world in word and deed.

As members of the Evangelical Covenant Church...we confess personal faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. We affirm the Bible as the authoritative Word of God and the only perfect rule for faith, doctrine and conduct. Membership is open to all believers. Uniformity in all creedal details is not required....instead we believe that in the essentials of the faith there should be agreement....but in all there must be love.

Sierra Bible Church of Murphys is part of the Pacific Southwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church.  You can visit our conference website at http://www.pswc.org/

To find out more about the Evangelical Covenant Church, please visit their website at http://www.covchurch.org/

The first meeting was held in the home of two of our original charter members on October 19, 1950.   On February 4, 1951 (our church anniversary) they started meeting in the Scout Hut in Murphys.  There were seventeen charter members and the original name Sierra Covenant Church was chosen.   A little over two years later on April 24, 1953 Sierra Covenant Church was admitted into the Evangelical Covenant Church at the Annual Meeting in Oakland, California.  Our first full-time pastor was hired in October of 1954. 

                                 Then                                                           Now

The lot our facility is on was purchased in 1952, the cornerstone was laid in 1953, the building was dedicated on March 17, 1957 with the first service in the newly finished sanctuary held in December of 1957.   In the early stages of church construction, a house was purchased for a parsonage and relocated to its present location next door to the church.  In mid-1995 the church name was changed to "Sierra Bible Church".  In the fall of 2005, our current pastor and his family relocated to a rental in Murphys and the church parsonage was converted to a "Children's Center".

In February of 2001 we celebrated our 50th anniversary!