The church was organized before 1900 and affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The first building was in Old Embreeville on the road that runs along the river on property belonging to the Embree Iron Company. The Company built the present building and used it as a community center as well as a church. A deed for the church property was not acquired until 1942 when the Embree Iron Company began selling all of their property in Embreeville. P.E. Watson, E.C. Cline and Mrs. L.L. Renfro were the trustees and the property was acquired for $1.00. The first bell is still being used.
The Charter Members of the church were Sallie E. Bales, Charlie Blevins, Maria Treadway, Roxie Treadway, William Treadway, Fannie Tucker, George Tucker, P.E. Watson, and Hazen Yates. The church has belonged to the Speedwell Circuit, Nolichucky Circuit, Bethesda-Eden-Embreeville Circuit, and is now on a charge with Mt. Wesley. |
List of Pastors
W.D. Sharp 1905 -1906 D. McCracken 1906 -1908 N.F. Walker 1908 -1910 W.E. Browing 1911 -1912 M.A. Stevenson 1913 -1914 Paul M. Martin 1914 -1916 C.E. Lunday 1916 -1918 T.M. Bellamy 1919 -1920 C.R. Cline 1921 -1923 Joseph Henley 1923 -1924 A.N. Dailey 1924 -1925 S. Mitchell 1925 -1927 C.L. Cline 1927 -1928 C.W. Williams 1928 -1929 Francis R. Morris 1929 -1931 W.L. Tate 1931 -1932 E.H. Yankee 1932 -1934 R.F. Harris 1934 -1938 J.N. Smith 1938 -1940 Frank Y. Jackson 1940 -1941 Guy Fleenor 1941 -1943 Ogleva Street 1943 -1948 L.J. Turner 1948 -1950 W. Stanley Humble 1950 -1952 William Bull Jr. 1952 -1953 John K. McDonald 1953 -1956 Wallace Chappell 1956 -1959 Jack P. Weikel 1959 -1960 Worley Fleenor 1960 -1962 Claude Quillen 1962 -1965 Jack E. Brown 1965 -1969 Paul E. Smith Jr. 1969 -1971 Woodrow Banks 1971 -1975 Buford Hankins 1975 -1976 Mack Turner 1976 -1977 Franklin Lewis 1977 -1979 Herbert Dougherty 1979 -1984 Kenneth Long 1984 -1985 William Bull Jr. 1985 -1987 Charles Martin 1987 -1989 Sam Neeley Jr. 1989 -1992 William Kurtz 1992 -1995 Jo McQueen Vest 1995 -1996 Keith Moore 1996 -1999 Mark Huffine 1999 Connie Huffine 2000 Sam Neeley Jr. 2000 David Elliott 2000 - 2001 Terry Cloyd 2001 - 2004 Sam Neeley Jr. 2005 Gene Deaton 2005 - 2007 Jacob Reedy 2007 - 2008 Michael Vaughn 2008 - 2012 Dr. Joe Miller 2012 - 2013 Charles Weatherly 2013 - 2019 Linda Rozar 2019 - |