OUR PASTOR
Acts 2:42 - "And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers."
We find in this verse of Scripture, pertaining to the first church in Jerusalem, some unique qualities still found in church today. These qualities can be best summed up in two distinct activities: worship and fellowship. Worship is when the church comes together as one body under the teaching of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This binding together in the worship of Christ is all the more enhanced as the church prays and seeks God's will for our lives and the life of His holy church.
True worship of God brings an intimate and especially dear fellowship amongst the brethren, a tie that is certainly unbreakable and undeniably binding. Christian church relationships are the sweetest and strongest of all life's relationships, for it is the precious, sanctifying, life-changing blood of Jesus Christ which holds us together. A church is a most interesting place. In the realm of church we find people who have differences, special needs, talents and gifts, as well as heartache and jubilation, and all these things can happen simultaneously, but the one common factor amongst the church is One Whose grace meets every need and overcomes every obstacle: Our Lord and Savior Jesus.
Dr. William H. Haley
OUR HISTORY
1884-1885: Our church started as a Sunday School that met in the old Math Rock School Building on highway 98.
1888-1889: Bush arbor was built near present site.
1890: Church was organized and Marion R. Pernell was our first pastor. Our first revival was held in the one room church building. Our charter members were: Bedie Rodgers, Helen Rodgers, Victor Minga, Mrs. Victor Minga, Erma Minga, Roxie Minga, Charlie Minga, Gideon Minga, Eli D. Wheeler and Lucy Williams.
1910: Church was remodeled.
1946: Church supported a full-time missionary to China, Mrs. P.W. Hamlett.
1947: Recreation building was built.
1969: New brick church building was built and the first service in this building was April 13, 1969.
1988: Church was destroyed by a tornado at approximately 1:30 am, November 28th.
1989: New church was built as it stands today.
2006: New Fellowship Hall was built as it stands today.
FOLLOW HIS LEAD
We would love to have you with us but we believe that God Himself will show you where He wants you to go. Seek Him with all of your heart, and you will find Him.
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." Matthew 7:7