{"id":96468,"date":"2024-09-10T07:20:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T06:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcc.no\/our-history\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T11:54:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:54:48","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bcc.no\/en\/about-us\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Home<\/span> \/ About Brunstad Christian Church<\/a><\/span> \/ Our history<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n

In the early 1900s, small groups of friends were established around Norway, and soon they would form a church that spread to all continents.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Johan Oscar Smith gave his life to Jesus on May 17, 1898, and that was the beginning of BCC’s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith had no intention of starting a separate assembly. In the early 1900s, he was active in Christian circles and wanted to bring together people who wanted to live a godly life at a time when several revivals were sweeping through Christian congregations. Gradually, a few small groups of friends grew up in Norway, holding prayer meetings and discussing the Bible’s message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The longing and insight into what it means to live as a disciple of Jesus and come to spiritual growth and sanctification became Smith’s great cause. He spent the rest of his life sharing this insight and life experience to help others come to a life of being formed into the image of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also read: From one man to a global church<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Our history from 1898\u20132024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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