Historical Listing of Ministers of First Christian Church

A Historical Listing of Ministers of First Christian Church Chico

• J.B. McCorcle, Evangelist, March 28, 1883, founded FCC Chico, meeting location unknown
• G.H. Hartle, December 26, 1883 to January 1885

February 1884: Meeting in Miss White's Academy at the corner of 7th and Salem Streets.

December 20^th 1885: Meetings moved t0 412 Hazel Street, betwen 4th and 5th Street.

• D.R. King, December 20, 1885 to August 1, 1886
• P.D. Vermillion, February 6, 1887 to April 24, 1887
• J.W. Kelsey, September 4, 1887 to August 19, 1888
• J.B. Haston, December 2, 1888 to August 19, 1891
• R.B. Chaplin, July 5, 1891 to October 9, 1892
• J.F. Tout, October 30, 1892 to September 1894
• A.R. Hathaway, January 1895 to April 1897
• C.P. Pann, August 1897 to August 1898
• J.H Hughes, October 1898 to January 1900
• T. G. Picton, September 1901 to October 1904
• L.W. Klinker, May 1905 to August 1905
• J.H. Hunter, September 1905 to October 1906
• G.L. Lobdell, July 1, 1906 to August 1912

May 3, 1908, Hazel street location church significantly remodeled.

• George T. Meeker, September 1912 to June 1916
• Galen Lee Rose, September 1916 to June 1923
• W.L. Mellinger, August 1923 to 1930
• W.S. Lemmon, 1930 to March 1934
• Errol B. Sloan, April 1934 to September 1941
• Henry L. Searle, November 1941 to January 1947
• Robert H. Clark, May 1947 to July 4, 1949
• David L. Kratz, September 1949 to August 15, 1952
• Glenn E. Riddell, Jr., November 1952 to October 15, 1963

October 30^th, 1955: 295 E. Washington Ave. location ground broken, Sanctuary dedicated in 1956

• Wilder V. Immel, Assoc. Minister, 1958/59 to 1963/64
• John Gordon Hooten, April 5, 1964 to 1966
• Galen Lee Rose, interim, 1966 to 1967
• Wendell G Pew, August 1, 1967 to 1993
• Daniel Immel, Youth Minister, 1972/73 to 1973/74

April 19, 1975, Mortgage Burning Celebration for 295 E. Washington location (with not a single late payment)

• Roger "Doc" Krebs, Coordinator of Christian Education and Youth, 1977 to 1978
• Karen Stanley, Director of Christian Education, July 1978 to 1985
• Carolyn Reed, February 1986 (Associate Minister), 1990 Shared Ministry with Wendell G Pew, to May 1999
• David DeBow (Associate Minister), 1994 to 1999
• Sue Bowman, interim, November 1999 to 2000
• Jim Bradford, interim, November 1999 to September 17, 2000
• Tom Shifflet, Sr. Minister, October 1, 2000 to December 31, 2006, retired
• Dana Daniell, Youth Minister, July 1, 2005 to August 15^th, 2006
• Jim Bradford, interim, January 1, 2007 to November 2007
• Jesse Kearns, December 15, 2007 to current