Our Story

In 1982, after three years of meeting in private homes, three families and a few young people officially opened The Christian Evangelical Church of Hernani in a rented shopfront. For the first time on the streets of this town there was an evangelical Christian testimony.

Although it was established as an independent church, its organisation and statement of faith were those of a Brethren Assembly. From the beginning, the church has maintained close relationships with the rest of the protestant churches and organisations, supporting and participating in combined events, such as the annual United Prayer Week (organised by the Evangelical Alliance), and participating with other congregations in evangelism, the rehabilitation of people with addictions, and missions work (in Equatorial Guinea and Rumania).

The church was open to the renewal movement which affected many protestant churches and groups, and established links with "Buenas Noticias", a renewal movement on a national scale, where we found support and blessing.

Currently, as a founder member of the Evangelical Council of the Basque Country, we maintain strong links with the other protestant churches of our own province, Guipúzcoa, and the surrounding provinces, sharing with all of them the desire for unity and co-operation.