1821 & 1823 – Samuel Rogers, one of the great pioneer leaders of the Restoration Movement, travels by horseback from Kentucky to speak to believers in Maryland. They meet in a log cabin known as Union Chapel on Old Joppa Road which held about 80 people.
August 1824 – James McVey, a Restoration preacher from Kentucky, arrives at Union Chapel for a three-day meeting and organizes what would become Mountain Christian Church.
July 1834 – After a revival preached by James Henshall and George Austin, the Christians at Union Chapel begin seeking their own house of worship and start meeting at a Friends’ schoolhouse, joining with another group of Christians organized that same year.
August 1847 – First house of worship is dedicated on a piece of property known as “The Mountain,” which is the present Mountain Road Campus location.
1860’s – Civil War results in the loss of many members, but Mountain continues to minister throughout that time.
1877 – Mountain begins church planting efforts in northern Harford County starting Avondale Christian Church.
1878 – Instrumental music was first introduced in worship at Mountain.
1882 – Albert Norton (then Senior Minister at Mountain) leaves to begin the first mission of the Christian Churches in India. He later began church work in Japan as well.
1891 – Mountain moves to its second house of worship on the Mountain Road Campus (later remodeled and enlarged in 1941).
1892 – Mountain sends a group to plant Fork Christian Church in Baltimore County.
Early 1900’s – Dr. George W. Brown, a scholar of Mountain, works to translate the Old Testament into the Hindi language to reach the largest population group in India.
1946 – Dr. William P. Walker begins as Senior Minister.
1947 – Mountain works to plant First Christian Church of Havre de Grace.
March 1956 – Mountain dedicates and moves to its third house of worship on the Mountain Road Campus (which we now refer to as Walker Chapel).
1957 – Mountain helps to plant Boulevard Christian Church in Essex.
1964 – Kenny Messman ordained at Mountain and leaves to work in Rhodesia, Africa (now Zimbabwe).
1968 – Mountain experiments with a new venue – Drive-in Services. The cars would park on the lot in the area in front of Cook Auditorium for the service.
1975 – Mountain’s facility is expanded to include a new education wing which allows Mountain Christian School to begin in September of this year.
September 1993 – Mountain moves to its fourth house of worship on the Mountain Road Campus which we now call Cook Auditorium.
December 1997 – Ben Cachiaras begins as Senior Minister.
September 2004 – Mountain moves into the New Life Center, the fifth house of worship on the Mountain Road Campus.
March 2006 – Mountain sends a group to start Community Christian Church in White Marsh including four staff and around 200 members.
September 2008 – Mountain begins a second worship venue on campus with simultaneous services in two different locations on the Mountain Road Campus.
March 2010 – Mountain launches its second campus in Bel Air at The John Carroll School.
October 2013 – Mountain launches its third campus in Edgewood and creates a community center called The EPICENTER to focus ministry in the areas of children and youth, recovery, life skills, and health and wellness.
June 2017 – Mountain launches online services.
September 2017 – Mountain launches a fourth campus in Abingdon through the Unleash Love generosity initiative.
April 2021 – Mountain launches a fifth campus in Aberdeen and partners with The EPICENTER to open a second location.
2022 – Mountain launches a two-year initiative called Unstoppable Good, a movement of faith and generosity to expand outreach, invest in the next generation, and advance God’s work.
2024 – Mountain Celebrates 200 years of making more and better disciples and completes the Unstoppable Good generosity initiative.