Beginning in September 1988, Harvest Bible Chapel met in a conference room with 18 followers of Jesus Christ who wanted a different kind of church in the Chicago area—a church where Christ would be worshiped in Spirit and in Truth. God led them to call 27-year-old James MacDonald to be their pastor in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
Harvest Bible Fellowship
Founded by Pastor James MacDonald, Harvest Bible Fellowship was the 
church-planting ministry of Harvest Bible Chapels and Vertical Churches. The Fellowship was, until 2017, an independent, non-profit organization whose strong conviction is that local churches exist to glorify God through fulfilling the Great Commission.
Harvest Bible Chapel Cambridge
In the Fall of 2011, Pastor Nate and his family moved to Chicago and were hired by HBF to plant a church in Ohio. In October of that year, Harvest Cambridge held it’s first vision meeting in Byesville, Ohio, in the home of the Davis’. Pastor Nate returned to Chicago and completed the training and moved back to Guernsey County in January of 2012. Core team meetings and vision meeting continued until September 2012. Then, Pastor Nathan Davis and his wife Jamie along with others from the Cambridge area launched Harvest Bible Chapel Cambridge.
One year later HBC Cambridge installed it’s first Elders and became an independent, non-denominational bible church.
In the spring/summer of 2017 Harvest Bible Fellowship was dissolved. Under the leading of the Elders of this church, Harvest Cambridge has become affiliated with The Great Commission Collective, (GCC). Later that 
year, HBC Cambridge also underwent a move to a more permanent location, inside the former Oakland Elementary Building on Clairmont Ave.
In the Spring of 2026, Harvest Bible Chapel Cambridge moved to its current place at 621 Grant Ave. in Cambridge Ohio. This building is entrusted to the church as a means of loving God and serving the community. It is not only a place for worship, but a space through which the church seeks to care for neighbors and reflect God’s presence in the city. Guided by Jeremiah 29:7, “Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you… for in its welfare you will find your welfare,” the church uses this building to serve others with faithfulness and compassion. In doing so, it seeks the good of the city, trusting that God works through this shared life to bring renewal to all.