Joelton
Tennessee
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Joelton Church Of Christ
About Us
The first meeting of the Joelton congregation was in June 1967 in the back yard of the house that Hackett Potter had just sold to Lucian Minton. A regular meeting place was shortly secured and this group of about 100 people used the temporary name of Dry Fork Church of Christ. Ronnie Gower was preacher for the first year and DeWight Lanham was the song leader. By the end of the year, the congregation had doubled and the decision was made to move the meeting place to Joelton. The first appointed trustees were Allen M. Endsley, H. R. Potter, Charles E. Masters, Howard B. Moore and Lucian Minton. The new building on Old Clarksville Highway was inaugurated on January 19, 1969 and Leonard Owens began January 1, 1969 serving as minister.
The published church directory of the Dry Fork church listed 138 members, 32 of whom are still members at Joelton. Other men who have served Joelton as ministers of the gospel were John Hurt, Bruce White, Bill Johnson and Roger Hatley. Wayne Bailiff and Frank Bunner have served as associate ministers and Brian Magnuson, Steve Hackney, Joey McKinney and David McKinney served as interns.
The first elders, Lucian Minton and Russell Gentry, were appointed in the fall of 1978. Later elders include Barry Jones, Ray Adcock, Clay McCool and Gene Nicks. The first deacons were appointed in the spring of 1979.
We owe a debt of gratitude to the men and women of conviction, courage, vision and spiritual integrity who stepped out in faith to establish this congregation which is to us now a spiritual family.
The Joelton church exists to reach the lost, to continue to grow as a family of God, to serve our fellow man, to worship God and to do all this in a spirit of unity.
The first meeting of the Joelton congregation was in June 1967 in the back yard of the house that Hackett Potter had just sold to Lucian Minton. A regular meeting place was shortly secured and this group of about 100 people used the temporary name of Dry Fork Church of Christ. Ronnie Gower was preacher for the first year and DeWight Lanham was the song leader. By the end of the year, the congregation had doubled and the decision was made to move the meeting place to Joelton. The first appointed trustees were Allen M. Endsley, H. R. Potter, Charles E. Masters, Howard B. Moore and Lucian Minton. The new building on Old Clarksville Highway was inaugurated on January 19, 1969 and Leonard Owens began January 1, 1969 serving as minister.
The published church directory of the Dry Fork church listed 138 members, 32 of whom are still members at Joelton. Other men who have served Joelton as ministers of the gospel were John Hurt, Bruce White, Bill Johnson and Roger Hatley. Wayne Bailiff and Frank Bunner have served as associate ministers and Brian Magnuson, Steve Hackney, Joey McKinney and David McKinney served as interns.
The first elders, Lucian Minton and Russell Gentry, were appointed in the fall of 1978. Later elders include Barry Jones, Ray Adcock, Clay McCool and Gene Nicks. The first deacons were appointed in the spring of 1979.
We owe a debt of gratitude to the men and women of conviction, courage, vision and spiritual integrity who stepped out in faith to establish this congregation which is to us now a spiritual family.
The Joelton church exists to reach the lost, to continue to grow as a family of God, to serve our fellow man, to worship God and to do all this in a spirit of unity.