Church Highlight: Princeton Pike Church – Hamilton, OH

Princeton Pike Church, located in Hamilton, Ohio exists to embrace hurting people by loving, healing, and discipling them into relationship and purpose through Christ. Their mission is to see hurting people healed.

The Princeton Pike Church of God was organized January 1, 1925, and had its humble beginning in an upstairs storeroom facility at 25-1/2 Main Street in Hamilton, Ohio. As the congregation grew, it was necessary to find a larger gathering place. This is when the church purchased its first lot and 300-seat building in 1928, located at the corner of 7th and Chestnut Street in Hamilton. In 1947, the congregation built a new structure which sat approximately 400 people at this same location.

In 1960, the church purchased 13 acres of ground and a parsonage at 2470 Princeton Road. Construction of a 600-seat sanctuary began, and a new church structure was erected and dedicated in July 1966. In the fall of 1976, construction began for a large multi-purpose Youth Activity Center adjoining the church structure. This activity center was dedicated on May 1, 1977.

Steady growth continued, which prompted the need to construct a new auditorium adjoining the Princeton Road facility, which would seat approximately 1800 people. Ground was broken for a new sanctuary in 1983, with dedication day on November 18, 1984.

The growth continued and 100 acres were purchased in Liberty Township at the corner of Route 747 (Princeton Glendale Rd) and Millikin Road. On April 15, 2001 (Easter Sunday), a new 4,000-seat facility was dedicated.

Pastors Tim and Becky Oldfield became the Lead Pastors of Princeton Pike Church in September of 2022. Pastor Oldfield is an Ohio native with 43 years of ministry experience serving as pastor, evangelist, church planter and church health coach.

Princeton Pike Church also has a West Campus called Princeton Pike West. As the Hispanic attendance began to grow it was decided that the church would purchase a facility that could conduct ministry especially for the Spanish speaking community.

In addition to Princeton Pike West, they have another location called Pike City Church. Pike City Church began as a bus ministry in 1989.  In the fall of 2009, the First St. John United Methodist Church contacted Princeton Pike regarding their facility located at 412 S. Front Street in Hamilton. They were an aging congregation and recognized the work of Pike City Church in the inner-city. They gifted their building to Pike City Church on December 18, 2009, and services began on Easter Sunday, April 1, 2010.

Please join us this week as we celebrate and lift up our friends at Princeton Pike Church in prayer! We are excited about all God is doing and will continue to do in and through them!