Tualatin High School

Countryside was founded by our Senior Pastor, Paul Duppenthaler, and a group of young families looking to establish a new church in the southwest Portland area. The first service was held at Tualatin High School in January of 1993. After a few years in Tualatin, the church was invited to share a facility with another church in Sherwood. After quick... ly outgrowing the building, it was on to Sherwood High School. Finally, in August of 2003 we moved in to our own facility. Because we value being a part of a larger association of churches, we are affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church , a rapidly growing multi-ethnic denomination in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents of the world. Connect with God through Word-centered worship, Grow Together both relationally and spiritually, Impact the World through gospel growth and compassion, so God may be glorified and our joy may be full. We regard the following beliefs as clearly set forth in the Scriptures, the Old and the New Testament, and as crucial to the understanding and proclamation of the Gospel and to practical Christian living: That God is sovereign, gracious, and loving in all His acts of creating, sustaining and directing all things; in revealing Himself and His redemptive plans to the world; and in holding the world accountable to Him. That the Bible is the inspired Word of God, entirely truthful and trustworthy as originally given, and has supreme authority for governing what we believe, what we teach, and how we should live. That God is a trinitythe Father, the Son, and the Holy Spiritone God in three persons equal in power and glory from eternity. That God created human beings, male and female, in His own image and endowed them with dignity and worth, rendering human life sacred in all its diversity and dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. That death is the consequence of humanitys rebellion ...Read More