Historical Years

1907 -- Organization and first building opened

1908 -- Property deeded to church by Ms. Sarah Rowsey

1919 -- Church reorganized and reopened

1920 -- Church joined Unity Association

1922 -- First deacons ordained

1940 -- Half-time preaching begun by sharing a pastor with Bethel in Counce

1943 -- First parsonage built in McNairy County

1944 -- Stopped receiving financial help from the State Mission Board

1945 -- Voted to build a new building

1948 -- New building completed

1948 -- Full-time pastorate began

1950 -- Dr. R. G. Lee preached his famous "Payday Someday" sermon for the dedication service of the new debt-free building.

1954 -- Parsonage remodeled and brick veneer placed around it

1959 -- Sponsored Childers Hill Mission Church

1964 -- Purchased church organ

1965 -- Blacktopped parking lot

1968 -- Central heat and air installed

1972 -- First church directory

1973 -- Fellowship hall and class rooms added to back of church

1974 -- Joined Shiloh Association

1993 -- Parsonage remodeled; central heat pump/air conditioner

1994 -- Double car garage added to parsonage