Picture circa 1998…
Timeline
1895 - Organized and Founded
1951 - Bro. Temple Houston becomes pastor
1953 - Bro. Vernell Daugherty becomes pastor
1955 - Bro. Houston Moran becomes pastor
1957 - Bro. Caris Ashcroft becomes pastor
??? - Bro. Bateman becomes pastor
??? - Bro. Palmer becomes pastor
sometime in the early 1960’s - Bro. Max Cannon becomes pastor
1964 - Bro. Criswell becomes pastor
1970 - Bro. Bobby Hayes becomes pastor
1972 - Bro. Gerald Newsom becomes pastor
1974 - Bro. Robert Prince becomes pastor
1982 - Bro. Joe Clendenin becomes pastor
2011 - begin interim pastor time
2014 - Bro. Jerrell Dawson steps in as full time interim pastor
2020 - Bro. Jimmy Clendenin becomes pastor
Previous Deacons
Millard Thornton
Moody Palmer
Hobert Wyrick
Carl Ownby
Ernest Binkley
Joey Binkley
Jimmy Clendenin
Floyd Cotham
Johnny Dillahay
Riley Sullivan
Current - Billy Binkley and Anthony Parham - see Our Team
General History
In the beginning, offerings were below $20 per Sunday. Attendance was 20-30 and sometimes 40.
Preaching was two Sundays per month.
Brother Cannon is believed to have been a full time Minister (as opposed to bi-vocational).
The building fund was started for the first building with members pledging $3, $4 and $5 a month.
In 1965, the pastors yearly salary was $2,600.
The current building was built in the 1960’s and renovated some time later.