Christ's Temple, serving as a house of prayer for evangelical Christians-Baptists in Veliky Novgorod, became the first church built in the city after the October Revolution of 1917. Its design was developed by architect V.K. Belov. The symbolic stone was laid on September 10, 1994, and the consecration was conducted by bishops from the northwestern regions S.I. Nikolaev and from the evangelical and Baptist churches of Novgorod region A.I. Korabel. The ceremony also involved the chief architect of the city I.Ya. Bezlakovsky, pastor from Finland Kai Holti, rector of the Church of Boris and Gleb Oleg, and others.

On December 23, 1999, the state commission signed the acceptance act for the building of the temple, and the consecration took place on July 7 and 9, 2000. The temple has a rectangular and simultaneously cross-shaped form, filled with symbolism. Its length is 55 meters, width 34 meters, and height to the cross is 22 meters. The first floor features a spacious foyer, while the second floor houses a worship hall with a balcony and an altar area facing east.

The grandeur of the temple has been repeatedly noted in secular sources: "The temple on Kochetova Street in Veliky Novgorod is known to everyone today: majestic, spacious, it has grown on the outskirts of the city almost unnoticed by the townspeople. The appearance of the street is now unimaginable without it." "The apotheosis of Baptism in Novgorod land was, of course, the emergence of Christ's Temple in 2000, located in the regional center on Kochetova Street. This structure impresses even externally due to its size." In the residential area of Novgorod, the multi-story temple is designed to accommodate a thousand visitors.

The building belongs to the "Local Religious Organization of the Christian Evangelical Church of Veliky Novgorod," whose history dates back to 1863. At that time, Baptist settlers appeared in the village of Lyubino-Dereva in the Krestetsky district. At the anniversary service in Christ's Temple, the president of the Latvian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists, Dr. Janis Schmidt, spoke about this period: "It was a difficult yet glorious time when serfdom was abolished in Great Russia. Latvian Krišjāns Valdemars arrived in Novgorod land and bought land for the settler compatriots. More than 600 families responded to his call to settle in Novgorod land. Among them were many believers."

Professor Boris Fedorovich Infanteyev writes that the Latvians migrated from the Dundaga parish to the Valdemar estate of Yulianovo in Novgorod. Referring to an article by the editor of Moskovskiye Vedomosti Katkov M.N., Infanteyev cites testimonies from Novgorod Lutheran pastor Reitlinger and the leader of the nobility of Krestetsky district about how satisfied the resettled peasants were with the quality of the land and Valdemar's initiative. A thousand Latvians responded to Valdemar's invitation, and in 1869 the first official Baptist church was formed there, and later in Novgorod, where around 1884, Christians of evangelical faith appeared, followers of retired guard colonel Pashkov.

After many years of repression against believers during the Soviet period, the authorities registered the church in Novgorod in 1976. In the 1960s, believers traveled to worship services in the village of Bronitsa, located 26 km from the regional center. This continued until 1970, when they were allowed to gather in the city itself, at house No. 29a on Bolshevik Street. In 1981, the community acquired a Prayer House at 4 Novoselov Street, where services were held until the construction of Christ's Temple.