With beliefs and foundations firmly based on the Church that Christ established in the New Testament, the early Christians in the Boardtown community first met in homes of the members.

 

Later, they started meeting in an old schoolhouse known as the Sheep Pen/Harper School on Lucius Road beginning in the 1930's.  At that time, most people walked to church, often from up to 3-4 miles away on often muddy mountain roads.  They had to carry water from a nearby spring and, as indoor plumbing had yet to become commonplace, use an outhouse.

 

 A church building was built in 1945 on property donated by John W. Thurman and George W. Holloway on what is now known as Bushy Head Rd.  We now use this historic building as our Fellowship Building. Our current church building on Lucius Road, was built around 1970 on property donated by William T. Holloway. Both of these buildings were constructed by the members themselves.  As is the case now, everyone that wished to be was involved in some way, from the smallest to the oldest.

 

Studying and learning more about God's Word has always been important to our congregation. In the early days, preachers would come from other locations and preach on Sundays.  Later on, full-time ministers were added.  Some of the preachers from the early years were Preacher Hogan, Romaine Parnell, Creed Samples, H. C. Owens,  and Thurman Chitwood, just to name a few.  We are very blessed today to have David Mullins as our preacher.  He does a fantastic job preaching and teaching timely, relevant lessons from the Bible.