Advent Christian Church

The Advent Christian Church is located in Auburn, Illinois. It was organized in 1869 through the efforts of Elder Caulkins of Carlinville, Illinois. He held a number of meetings in Auburn prior to the establishment of the church and served as its first pastor. The early church met in the Masonic Lodge building for awhile. The first church was built in 1870, was remodeled about 1916 and is still used today.

The Advent Christian Church was not accepted at first by the other churches of Auburn due to the revolutionary beliefs upon which its faith is based. The main one of which was the Second Coming of Christ. However, its members were steadfast and firm in their beliefs and it soon became one of the strongest and largest chruches in Auburn. As the years have passed the older members passed away and their families moved to larger cities for their education and employment. The demonination being small over the country as a whole, few new people who came to Auburn had even heard of it and they were members of other churches. Thus the membership decreased rapidly and at the present time is quite small but those who remain are faithful to their church.