Grace Church is a vibrant community who worships God and celebrates life together. We are growing together through life’s ups and downs to live as Christ calls us to love and serve our Lord and the people we encounter every day in every place. Grace Church is the people.
Grace Church celebrates life together as a part of The Episcopal Church. We are a part of The Diocese of West Missouri and have been since the diocese was organized in 1891.
Grace Church was established in 1858. The early members met in a second story meeting hall on Washington Street until the War Between the States cause a rift that was not healed until after the war’s conclusion.
The local Episcopalians were regathered by a priest who came to visit from the town of Macon, Missouri (about 65 miles east of Chillicothe). About 1865 the parish was reorganized. The members began to make plans to erect their church building. Property had already been purchased in the 400 block of Elm Street before the Cival War.
Grace Church worships together in a lovely old building in Chillicothe that has a rich history. It is the oldest church building still in use in our community ans is on the Historic Register. In 2002, the Church won the Missouri Historic Preservation Award for institutional building restoration.
