Who We Are

At First Alliance Church, community is more than a word—it’s a way of life where we grow in faith together. We believe fellowship strengthens our relationship with God and each other, just as iron sharpens iron. Our church is committed to reaching beyond our walls to serve the lost and broken, following Jesus’ call to go where people are hurting. Through the power of the gospel, we seek to see lives transformed and our city changed. Guided by God’s Word and the Holy Spirit, we extend grace and offer hope through Jesus Christ.

Our Mission

We're committed to being a Christ-centered, multiethnic family that is inspiring greater devotion to God, inviting everyone into God's family, and impacting our world with the hope of Jesus Christ.

Our Vision

We're committed to being a movement of Christ-followers that is multiplying disciples, leaders, and churches that carry the life-transforming presence of God into all the world.

Our Seven Core Values

Lost people matter to God. He wants them found. 

(Luke 19:10)

Prayer is the primary work of God's people. 

(Philippians 4:6-7)

Everything we have belongs to God. We are His stewards. 

(1 Chronicles 29:14)

Knowing and obeying God's Word is fundamental for all true success.

 (Joshua 1:9)

Completing the Great Commission requires the mobilization of every fully devoted follower of Jesus. 

(Matthew 28:19)

Without the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, we can accomplish nothing. 

(1 Corinthians 2:4-5)

Achieving God's purposes means taking faith-filled risks. This always involves change. 

(Hebrews 11:6)

What We Believe

We are a proud member of the Christian & Missionary Alliance.

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There is one God (Deut. 6:4), Creator of all things (Rev. 4:11), who is infinitely perfect (Matt. 5:48), existing eternally in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19).

Jesus Christ is the true God and true man (Phil. 2:6–11). He was sent by the Father (John 20:21), conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin, Mary (Luke 1:34–38). He died on the cross, the Just for the unjust (1 Pet. 3:18), as a substitutionary sacrifice (Heb. 2:9), and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood (Rom. 5:9). He rose from the dead according to the Scriptures (1 Cor. 15:3–4). He is now at the right hand of the Majesty on high as our great High Priest (Heb. 8:1). He will come again to establish His Kingdom of righteousness and peace (Isa. 9:6–7).

The Holy Spirit is a divine person (John 14:16–18), sent to indwell, guide, teach, gift, empower, and bear His fruit in every believer (John 16:13; 1 Cor. 12:4, 11; Acts 1:8; Gal. 5:22–23). He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment (John 16:7–11).

The Old and New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God and are a complete revelation of His will for our salvation. They constitute the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice (2 Pet. 1:20–21; 2 Tim. 3:15–17).

Man was originally created in the image and likeness of God: 16 he fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All men are born with a sinful nature, 17 are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ.18 The portion of the impenitent and unbelieving is existence forever in conscious torment; 19 and that of the believer, in everlasting joy and bliss.20 (16 Genesis 1:27, 17 Romans 3:23, 18 1 Corinthians 15:20–23, 19 Revelation 21:8, 20 Revelation 21:1–4)

Salvation has been provided through Jesus Christ for all people (1 John 2:2). Those who repent and believe in Him are justified by grace through faith (Rom. 3:21–24), born again of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:4–7), delivered from the dominion of darkness, transferred into the Kingdom of God’s Son (Col. 1:13), granted the gift of eternal life, and adopted as the children of God (Rom. 8:14–16; John 1:12).

It is the will of God that each believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit and be sanctified wholly, 22 being separated from sin and the world and fully dedicated to the will of God, thereby receiving power for holy living and effective service.23 This is both a crisis and a progressive experience wrought in the life of the believer subsequent to conversion.24 (22 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 23 Acts 1:8, 24 Romans 6:1–14)

Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the whole person (Isa. 53:4–5; Matt. 8:16–17). Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil are taught in the Scriptures (James 5:13– 16) as privileges for the Church in this present age (Acts 4:30).

The Church consists of all those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood, and are born again of the Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of the Body, the Church, 27 which has been commissioned by Him to go into all the world as a witness, preaching the gospel to all nations. 28 The local church is a body of believers in Christ who are joined together for the worship of God, for edification through the Word of God, for prayer, fellowship, the proclamation of the gospel, and observance of the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. 29 (27 Ephesians 1:22–23, 28 Matthew 28:19–20, 29 Acts 2:41–47)

There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life; 30 for the latter, a resurrection unto judgment. 31 (30 1 Corinthians 15:20–23, 31 John 5:28–29)

The Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent 32 and will be personal, visible, and premillennial. 33 This is the believer’s blessed hope and is a vital truth which is an incentive to holy living and faithful service. 34 (32 Hebrews 10:37, 33 Luke 21:27, 34 Titus 2:11–14)

Our History

125 Years of Sharing Christ in Columbus 

  • Founded in 1897 by a small group of families who heard about the deeper life in Christ and the desire to share Jesus with the least reached people around the world of the Alliance.  
  • The first building was on Third Avenue in what is now the Short North area of Columbus.  
  • Moved a few more times, until building the current campus in Northwest Columbus in 1971.  
  • Refreshed vision to make disciples of all ages and all nations, equip and send out new leaders, and plant new churches.