·        What does our name mean?  “Evangelical” refers to our commitment to the proclamation of the Gospel and to the authority of Scriptures as being inerrant in the original writings and the only safe and sufficient guide to faith and practice. “Free” refers to our form of church government as being congregational.  Evangelical Free Churches depend upon the active participation of laypeople in the decisions and directions of the local church.

·        A brief history of our denomination…  Today, the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) is an association of over 1300 autonomous churches across the United States. Our denomination was formed by the merger of two church bodies in 1950, The Swedish Evangelical Free Church and The Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church Association. The Swedish group dates its formal beginnings to a conference in Boone, Iowa, held in October of 1884. In the fall of that same year, two Norwegian-Danish groups began worship and fellowship (one in Boston and the other in Tacoma), and by 1912 established their national organization, the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church Association. These two denominations, representing 275 congregations, came together in a merger conference in 1950, thus vastly increasing the potential for ministry otherwise not possible for the separate, smaller organizations.

·        A brief history of our local church…  Swedish immigrant settlers in Williamson County met together in homes for worship services as early as 1884. In 1891, this congregation was organized in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Sven Peterson by 21 charter members.  Back then it was known as Brushy Evangelical Free Church.  The congregation built a sanctuary in 1892 on land Southeast of Georgetown. The site we are now located at was acquired in 1960 and a new sanctuary was dedicated in 1963.  Our church has the distinction of being the oldest Evangelical Free church in the state of Texas, being a part of Williamson County history for over a century.