Standing in the Gap for Oregon

  Canyon Trail, Silver Creek Falls, Marion County Thus saith the Lord, stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls… Jeremiah 6:16 Marion County was one of the original counties in Oregon, created in 1843 as Champooick District, then Champoeg County, then Marion in 1849. The county seat is Salem, which is also the state capitol. The Methodists are well-documented in Marion County with Jason Lee’s mission established in the mid-Willamette Valley in 1834. The Methodists Episcopal Church had a strong presence in Marion County, but there are other religious groups who also played an important role in the early settlement of the Willamette Valley. Marion County, OR From the last decade of the eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, America experienced the Second Great Awakening. While established Protestant denominations such as the Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterians benefited...