History

Westwood Community Church was born on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1995. It was the third daughter church of Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The founding leadership wanted to establish a church in Chanhassen, an under-churched suburb southwest of Minneapolis that would be regional in its reach. The core group of 90 wanted to create a welcoming place for people regardless of where they were in their spiritual journey - a place where God's love is experienced in compelling ways, drawing people into vital knowledge and relationship with Jesus Christ.

In 2005, to celebrate our 10th anniversary, Westwood planted a daughter church, Emmaus Road Church meeting in the Eisenhower Community Center. In 2011, Westbrook Church was started, meeting in the Clover Ridge Elementary School in Chaska. Westwood has grown from a staff of 2 to 75, from two to four services, and from a weekly attendance of 90 to more than 3,000.

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Westwood History 1995-2012

Westwood Timeline

April, 1995 First services held on Easter Sunday at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre
June, 1995 First baptism
Spring, 1996 "Imagine a Place" Banquet with Pastor Leith Anderson from Wooddale
Nov, 1997 Services moved to Chaska High School
Jan, 1999 57 acres of land purchased
Jan, 1999 First global missionaries commissioned
June, 1999 First missions trip (Students traveled to Paraguay)
Aug, 1999 Student and adult service trips to Honduras
2000 Uyghur People Group of Central Asia "adopted" by Westwood
Oct, 2001 Concert at Orchestra Hall
March, 2002 "God is Able" Banquet with Bill Hybels
April, 2002 Ground Breaking on new site
July, 2003 First Service in new building
April, 2005 Daughter Church, Emmaus Road Church, begins meeting in Hopkins
Nov, 2005 Westwood partners with World Relief in Malawi, Africa

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Sep, 2010

Sep, 2011

Westwood on inaugural team for "Love in the Name of Christ" effort in Eastern Carver County

Congregation votes to build Phase 2 building

Move into Phase 2 building

Westwood plants daughter church, Westbrook in Chaska

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