History

In the fall of 2008, Bryan and Tracy Lair moved back to Minnesota to start a new church with the support of Hope Community Church in Minneapolis, Evanston Bible Fellowship in the Chicago area, and the North Central District of the EFCA. The vision was to start a city church among the several colleges and universities in Saint Paul.

On July 12, 2009, we held our first time of corporate worship at a house in Highland Park (pictured above). The church began to grow, and on October 10, 2010 the church officially launched at 1849 Marshall Ave. in Merriam Park. On February 6, 2013, we moved our Sunday Gatherings to 1935 Princeton Ave. in MacGrove because the building in Merriam Park sold to another ministry.

During the summer of 2015, 1849 Marshall Ave. came back onto the market and we made an acceptable offer to buy the building. We closed on the property in December of 2015 and started weekly services from our church home on February 7, 2016. We continued to reach our neighbors in the surrounding urban neighborhoods with the good news that restless hearts can find rest in Christ.

From the start, Trinity City Church had a vision to start new churches and invest in other ministries both locally and globally. Trinity has invested in the broader Church by sending out interns and residents, coaching church leaders, and investing in church planting and church revitalizing. Our hope is to join with other churches and ministries to make the gospel walkable and global.