A Brief History of First Christian Church

First Christian Church is a fixture of the Hot Springs community. Our story began in 1886 when a small group of Christians new to Hot Springs felt called to organize a faith community centered on Christian unity and a return to simpler form of Christian practice. The church met in the home of one of its members for several years before moving into a building of its own, first to a space on West Grand Avenue, then later to the corner of Ouachita and West Grand (present site of the Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce). The “Old Church,” as it’s sometimes called, was dedicated on March 10, 1912 and was FCC’s home for half a century.