Oldtown Bible Church

Notes

Sources & photo credits

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, QuickFacts: Bonner County, ID; Pend Oreille County, WA; Idaho; United States. Vintage 2025 population estimates; 2020–2024 ACS (age, poverty). census.gov/quickfacts (accessed Oct. 7, 2026).
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Decennial Census: Oldtown city, ID (221); Newport city, WA (2,114); Priest River city, ID (1,696). data.census.gov.
  3. Priest River snowfall: monthly NOAA climate normals for Priest River, ID, as compiled in the Wikipedia article “Priest River, Idaho” (monthly normals sum to about 74 in.).
  4. Biblical counseling near Sandpoint: Kootenai Community Church, “ACBC Certified Biblical Counseling,” kootenaichurch.org/counseling; Grace Truth Hope Biblical Counseling, Sandpoint, gracetruthhope.com. Based on a public web search in Oct. 2026; it may not capture every ministry.
  5. Eric Welch, “West Bonner talks maintenance priorities,” Bonner County Daily Bee, Feb. 18, 2025 (auditorium leased to a church at $200 per day).
  6. West Bonner County School District, Policy 4210/4210P (Community Use of School Facilities) and 4210F (Fee Schedule).
  7. Priest River Event Center, priestrivereventcenter.com; West Bonner Library District, westbonnerlibrary.org; CREATE Arts Center, Newport, createarts.org/rentalspace.html.
  8. David Roach, “In Church Planting, More Money Means More People,” Christianity Today, Jan. 2023, reporting ECFA’s 2022 church-planting survey.
  9. Ian M. Giatti, “Church plants that expect to ‘multiply’ grow more quickly: survey,” The Christian Post, Sept. 5, 2022, reporting pre-launch funding sources from ECFA’s 2022 church-planting survey. christianpost.com/news/church-plants-that-expect-to-multiply-grow-more-quickly-survey.html.
  10. Idaho Secretary of State, nonprofit Articles of Incorporation form and fee ($30 online filing).
  11. Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, Certification FAQ (annual membership dues), biblicalcounseling.com.

All dollar figures on this site are proposed estimates for planning purposes.

Scripture

Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Photo credits

  1. “Priest Lake Autumn”, S. Hammarlund, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Priest Lake, Bonner County, Idaho.
  2. “Bible on a coffee table”, Harmonywriter, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative photo.
  3. “Dinner Table Setup at C & J's Friendsgiving”, takasphoto.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative photo.
  4. “Thanksgiving dinner table”, Helena Jacoba, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative photo.
  5. “Oldtown Bridge, contextual view looking west (HAER ID-7)”, Historic American Engineering Record, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The historic Oldtown Bridge over the Pend Oreille.
  6. “Newport Washington Sign at Entrance to the City”, Jeff Pittman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Newport, WA.
  7. “Priest River Commercial Core HD”, Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Downtown Priest River.
  8. “Pend Oreille River - Albeni Falls (c. 1950 postcard)”, WaterArchives.org, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Albeni Falls on the Pend Oreille, just upriver from Oldtown, c. 1950.
  9. “Priest Lake Winter Lion Head”, S. Hammarlund, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Priest Lake in winter.
  10. “Sullivan Lake Summer 2010”, zak11527, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Sullivan Lake, Pend Oreille County.
  11. “Bible study at a table”, WELSTech Podcast, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative photo, not our congregation.
  12. “Sacheen Lake Narrows”, hovelkev000, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Sacheen Lake, Pend Oreille County.
  13. “Snowy road near Boundary Dam, 1961”, Seattle Municipal Archives, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Snowy road near Boundary Dam, Pend Oreille County, 1961.
  14. “Priest Lake Winter”, S. Hammarlund, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Priest Lake in winter.
  15. “Pendoreille River”, Robert Ashworth, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Pend Oreille River.

All photos come from Wikimedia Commons. Photos have been resized and cropped for the web; no other alterations. Adapted CC BY-SA photos are shared under the same license. License texts: creativecommons.org/licenses; CC0 at creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0.

Photos of people are generic illustrations and do not depict the Whalens or the church. The area map is an original schematic drawing.

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