Our Story

Several years ago, some Lutherans in Sioux Falls looked around and wondered where Sioux Falls would grow and they purchased land in the northwest part of Sioux Falls in the hope to one day build a church there so that people living in that corner of Sioux Falls would have a place to gather to hear God’s Word and grow in faith. The land was purchased and there it sat. Waiting.

In 2011, the timing seemed to be right and a few people, under the leadership of mission developers Roe and Pat Eidsness, began meeting for Bible study and Sunday morning worship at the McCrossan Boys’ Ranch Chapel. Other people looked at was happening and said, McCrossan’s is great, but what about that land you have? And so a building went up and in September 2014, WestSide moved into a new building and onto the land on which, years earlier, others had dreamed a church would be.

But the dream was never about the building; it’s always been about gathering people to hear God’s promise in Jesus Christ. So, that’s what we do! It’s a promise that gives life and makes new, which is why new people always fit in at WestSide. We share it with everyone and anyone who comes through our doors. And then we send you out with it. Gather. Grow. Go.

WestSide is a congregation of the South Dakota Synod and ELCA.