After the church stood for a period of time at its original location, plans were made to relocate. The site selected was at Third and Hawthorne Streets. The first lot was purchased under the leadership of Reverend N.J. Whitehead. Reverend Whitehead also pastored the St. Elmo Baptist Church and Mount Zion No. 2 Baptist Church in Ringgold, Georgia
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On the third Sunday in June 1962, Reverend W. Benson Stephens started his tenure as pastor of the church. Under his leadership, the church acquired its first parsonage, which was located at 858 Wheeler Street. He is remembered as the pastor who revolutionized the entire church. He was the first to record worship services and our first album (33 1/3) was recorded featuring the Senior Choir and the Male Chorus. Other ministries created under Reverend Stephens’s tenure are: the Annual Homecoming Celebration, Bible Study, Prayer Meeting and Youth Fellowship. Reverend Stephens left Orchard Knob in 1965 to answer a call from the First Baptist Church-Ensley, in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Again the church was without a pastor and the Reverend Eugene Wilkerson, who under the pastorate of Pastor Stephens became an ordained minister of God, served as assistant pastor, with the guidance of the late Reverend William Greene, kept the members together until the church called its next pastor. |
Contact Information1734 East Third St.
Chattanooga, TN 37404 Maps & Directions Phone: (423) 629-6115 Fax: (423) 622-9357 Email: Orchard@orchardknob.org Vertical Divider
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Services & TimesSunday Service
8:30 AM Sunday School (In-person and Facebook Live) 9:30 AM Service (In-person and Facebook Live) 9:30 AM Youth Church on 3rd and 4th Sundays only (In-person) Wednesday Service
6:00 PM Prayer Service (Call in) 6:30 PM Bible Study (Zoom) 6:30 PM 412 University Youth Groups 2nd and 4th Wednesdays (Zoom) Vertical Divider
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