Our Story

In a little house on Bird Street, a movement of people pursuing God started meeting in 1936. It could have ended there, but it didn’t. God was already at work in a bunch of risk takers who never settled for anything less than obedience and the pursuit of God.
 

From that little house to the Rock House, to the Church on Washington Avenue, to our current location on Monte Vista, we continue to see God at work, changing our community “one life at a time.” 

As a movement of people, we are well known for our generous giving to both local and global interests. From this rich heritage the Oroville Church of the Nazarene moves into the 21st Century with new hopes and dreams for the future under our new lead Pastor, Travis Marshall. 

This video is about the life, dedication and sanctification of one of the founders of the early Nazarene Church. It gives you some great insight into how we became a denomination. It is about Phineas F Bresse, called "Pastor to the People."