A Brief History of
Christ Church, Slidell
Christ Episcopal Church of Slidell was founded in 1906 with a petition inspired by Mrs. Carrie H. Comfort. We built a green chapel at the corner of Third and Fremaux in 1922. We received our first resident Deacon-in-Charge in 1953, and became a parish on January 20, 1958.
Christ Church moved to its current location at the corner of Seventh St. and Pennsylvania Ave. around 1955, dedicated Comfort Hall in 1956, and built our current Sanctuary building about 1965. In March 1984 the church purchased the Michigan Avenue property known as Wheeler House. We retired our church mortgage in 1998.
In August 2005, our facilities sustained only moderate damage from Hurricane Katrina, and we ministered to the Slidell community by distributing relief supplies and providing housing and coordination for volunteer recovery workers.
Recent Events
In 2011, we stepped out in faith as charter members of the Clergy and Congregation Development Program, and called the Reverend Harry Jenkins as our Priest-In-Charge.


