History of the
HILLSBORO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
August 7, 1915: ..........Organization of nest church by Elder Catlin and Elder L. K. Dickson with forty-nine charter members,
1916: First church building finished. Located on West Baseline near present Birds Eye Cannery. First building included church, school room, and hitching shed. First school teacher: Lydia Price, at a salary of $30 per month
Jan . 27, 1918: .............1st church dedicated free of debt. Total cost $2,500.
1926: .........................Hillsboro church added to the Laurelwood district.
1930's........................ New room added to first church.
June 16, 1952 .............Ground breaking for present church building
April 6, 1955: ..............Dedication of present church building. Total cash cost was $53,000.
1955: ........................Hillsboro-Beaverton District formed
Fall, 1958: .................Present school on Baseline opened. (Tualatin Valley Junior Academy)
July 17, 1966: .............Hillsboro and Beaverton churches divided into separate districts.
Sept 18 1993 ...............Celebrate 75th year anniversary
July 2002 ................Members visited Moshi Tanzinia to hold meeting. Hillsboro church agreed to build church in Moshi.
May 2009 ................ Church in Moshi completed.
Oct 2009 ............Members revisited Moshi church for dedication.
FORMER PASTORS
1920-1921 .......................................Elder Paul Iverson
1926-1927 ...................................... Elder E. H. Curtis
1927-1929 .......................................Elder D. R. Schierman
1930-1936 .......................................Elder V. Beacraft
1936-1937 .......................................Elder George Belleau
1937-1940. .....................................Elder C. C. Wilcox
1940-1942 .......................................Elder William Lay
1943-1944 .......................................Pastor Carrol R. Aimes
1944-1945 .......................................Pastor J. J. Robertson
1945-1946 .......................................Pastor Charles McKeown ||
1946-1948 .......................................Elder George A. Thompson
1948-1952 .......................................Pastor R. C. Skinner
1952-1955 .......................................Elder W. Wayne Baysinger
1955-1956 .......................................Elder O. E. Schnepper
1956-1958 .......................................Elder Robert G. Letcher
1958-1960 .......................................Elder Estel Richardson
1960-1962 .......................................Elder Harold H. Ruppert
1962-1964 .....................................Elder Calvin Hartnell
1963-1965 .....................................Associate Pastor, S. William Jenson
1964-1966 .....................................Elder W. P. Lockwood
1965-1966 ....................................Associate Pastor, P. Sidney Nelson
1966-1968 .....................................Elder P. Sidney Nelson
1968-1973 .....................................Elder E.G. Fresk
1973-1977 .....................................Elder Dale Zeigle
1977-1981 .....................................Elder Eugene Amey
1981-1986 .....................................Elder Brad Whited
1986 -1993 ....................................Pastor Glen Gessele
1993- 2002 ....................................Pastor Weldon Treat
2002-2003 .....................................Pastor James Ash
2004- ............................................Pastor Viorel Rosca
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