We believe the Bible, consisting of the Old and New Testaments, to be the only inspired, inerrant, infallible, authoritative Word of God written.

We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe in the deity of Christ, in his virgin birth, in his sinless life, in his miracles, in his vicarious and atoning death through his shed blood, in his bodily resurrection, in his Ascension to the right hand of the Father, and his personal return in power and glory.

We believe that for salvation of lost and sinful man regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling power and fullness the Christian is enabled to live a godly life in the present evil world.

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.

We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in Christ.

“And they were continually devoting themselves to the Apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”

 Acts 2:42

At First Congregational Church, we want to be “continually devoted” to the same activities that the New Testament Church has been practicing from the beginning.

If you are looking for a church home where you can grow spiritually in the teachings of Jesus and His Apostles, worship in Spirit and Truth, enjoy the loving fellowship of other committed Christians, and express your God-given gifts, please consider First Congregational Church of Cresco.

Wherever God leads you, we invite you to join us whenever you can.

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“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.”          John 15:5

Dear Friends,

Most of us enjoy spending time with people we love. But even with those who are the most fun and easy to get along with, it’s possible to spend too much time together. At some point, enough is enough and we need some time to ourselves, to be alone, to regroup and recharge our emotional batteries.

While that is true on the horizontal level, when it comes to our vertical relationship with God, it’s not! God wants us to be in personal, intimate fellowship with Him all the time, and He has made that possible through Jesus. Through Christ’s death, resurrection, ascension into heaven and sending of His Spirit to indwell believers, it is truly attainable for Christians to experience 4 C’s – Continuous, Conscious Communion with Christ.

Now just because that is possible, certainly doesn’t mean it’s easily attainable or very likely that we’ll ever achieve a state of 100% unbroken fellowship with Jesus while on this earth. There will probably always be a gap between our goal of 100%, and the reality which is much, much lower.

Think about it. What percentage of time in your average day do you spend in constant communion with Christ? Praying to Him, talking with Him, depending on Him, conscious of His presence? 5%? 10%? And if that’s the reality, what can we do to change it?

First, acknowledge the Goal – Continuous Conscious Communion with Christ. Abiding in Him with Him and His Word abiding in me.

Next, admit the Gap. Be honest about how much of my awake time is spent actually abiding in Him.

Finally, discipline myself to pray more, pray sooner, pray longer, pray harder and pray deeper.

The only way to cultivate new behavior and thought patterns is to, with God’s help, practice abiding more until we see that Gap become smaller and smaller.

Disciple of Jesus, please join me in this pursuit! How much more fruitful, and happy, we will be!

In Christ’s love,

Pastor Tim sir

From Rochester, Minnesota, go south on Highway 63 until you get to Highway 9. Turn east (left) on Highway 9 to Cresco.

From Waterloo, Iowa, go north on Highway 63 until you get to Highway 9 turn east (right) on Highway 9 to Cresco.

From Decorah, Iowa, follow Highway 9 west until you enter Cresco.

Entering Cresco, Iowa on Highway 9, turn north on Elm Street. This will be the first stop light if you are entering Cresco from the east (right turn) or the second stop light if you’re entering Cresco from the west (left turn).

Proceed north on Elm Street through the business district four blocks. At the stop sign, turn east (right turn) on third avenue. The church is located at the end of that block on the north side (left side) of the street.