In the fall of 2000, several families met for a Bible Study in the Parker area. This was to become the nucleus of Reformation Church. The church met for worship for the first time on February 4th, 2001 in the Lutheran High School of the Rockies multi-purpose room in Parker, Colo. Kevin Swanson led the worship at the first service and continued as a ruling elder of the church for about one year. During this time, the church was accountable to the session of Providence Presbyterian Church in Denver. The church quickly grew from an attendance of about 50 to 150. On April 12th, 2002, Kevin Swanson was ordained as teaching elder or pastor of Reformation, Jim Mill was ordained as ruling elder, and the church voted to establish itself as a particular church.

In the late summer of 2002, the church, now made up of families from Colorado Springs, Monument, Evergreen, Littleton, Elbert, Kiowa, Parker, Castle Rock, Aurora, and Highlands Ranch, chose to move to Castle Rock as a more central location.

The Pastor

Pastor Kevin Swanson is married to Brenda and they have five children, whom they homeschool in Elizabeth, Colorado. Kevin is the author of several books including The Second Mayflower. He was the pro-life candidate for governor of Colorado in 1994. He served as Executive Director of Christian Home Educators of Colorado and currently serves as the executive director of Generations with Vision.

The Name

The name “Reformation Church” was chosen for two reasons. First, we hold to the doctrines of the first reformation during which the Protestant church broke away from the Roman Catholic Church. The doctrines of Justification by Faith and Salvation by Grace are crucial to the vitality of the Christian faith. But secondly, we believe that the church today is in great need of reformation. We need to re-assert a God-centered faith in the midst of a man-centered age. We hope that this is reflected in our worship, our preaching, and our life.

Denomination

Since the latter part of the 19th century, liberalism and humanistic thought has virtually routed the modern Christian church. In the midst of this great decline, which has affected the teaching and practice of a great deal of Christianity, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (www.opc.org) was formed in 1936 out of desire to revive a passion and a respect for the authority of God’s Word against all of the compromise that had crept into the church. We stand in the path of the great Reformers, Puritans and Pilgrims, and the founders of our nation. At a time of great social and religious decline, it is time to return to the old paths, and stand first and foremost on the Word of God.