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Church Planting Blog


Reminded of Our Vision in the Gospel: Redeemer Athens Update
Curt and Suzi Stapleton have been in Athens, TN since 2021, planting Redeemer Athens. The church started in 2022, and in its second full...


A Closer Look At Our Five-Year Plan
As you may recall from an email this past December, the Tennessee Valley Presbytery created a five-year plan to carry us forward to 2030....


Building Expansion, Spiritual Growth, and Cultural Education Continues at Woodlands Gathering
As the Woodlands Gathering community grows, the church is improving their building and continues to offer cultural education...


Like Adopting a Teen: Erik McDaniel Talks Church Revitalization
Erik and Maggie McDaniel’s family of six children includes one they adopted as an infant, three siblings they adopted as kids, and...


Karen Ellis Talks Persecution, Trials, and Christian Endurance
Karen and Carl Ellis with students at the Edmiston Center Karen Ellis, a student and professor of Christian Endurance Studies, is the...


Tennessee Valley Presbytery Leaders Ponder "The Great Dechurching"
“For the first time in eight decades that Gallup has tracked American religious membership, more adults in the United States do not...

Retreat Offered Rest and Encouragement to Small Town/Rural Pastors
This July, Corey Pelton hosted Rural Church Development’s first Small Town Pastor’s Retreat for pastors who are ministering in small...

Coaching, MNA, and TVP
“A good coach is trained to come alongside rather than tell you how to do things. Ministry is demanding and exhausting, but a good coach..."


Evangelistically Fruitful Churches in the PCA
David Gentino visited the Tennessee Valley Presbytyery’s Church Planting Network gathering on April 30th to talk about evangelistically...
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