Central Christian Church

206 West Central Avenue

The Central Christian Church of Arkansas City was born one night in 1877, when 13 men and women met in the Parker schoolhouse 3 miles east of town to discuss the need for a church. From 1877 until 1882, the small congregation met outside of town.

But two years later, they began to hold services in a hall located where the Burford Theatre now stands. Then they began meeting in the First Ward school building (now Roosevelt Elementary School).

By 1886, the congregation had built a 28- by 40-foot frame church located on Central Avenue, just north of the current church’s entrance on First Street.

The current church building was begun in 1921 and completed in 1923.