OUR HISTORY

St. Barnabas Orthodox Church began quite humbly in the mid-1980’s as a home fellowship or house church. It was part of a group of over 100 home fellowships across the country formed by men who had left Campus Crusade For Christ in search of the early church model of the New Testament.

 

As these men studied church history, they discovered the historic church of the first millennium. Eventually they realized the New Testament Church still existed and it was the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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This began a ten-year quest to become identified with this Church, finally leading to the historic reception of Saint Barnabas, along with 2,000 members of the other fellowships, into the canonical Orthodox Church through the Antiochian Patriarchate in 1987. The story of our journey was recounted in the book, “Becoming Orthodox” by Peter Gillquist.

 

Since our reception into the Antiochian Archdiocese, St. Barnabas has grown into a vibrant community of hundreds of parishioners over the years. Our community has become very diverse, both in age demographics and ethnicities, and includes families as well as single young adults.

 

We strive to help each of our members to grow spiritually through our services, educational programs, special events and outreach.  We have also had at least five of our members go on to graduate from seminary and become Orthodox priests.

 

We encourage you to visit, get acquainted with St. Barnabas and learn more about our church and the Holy Orthodox faith.