Over 139 Years of  Serving God & Man!

1870— Church begins meeting  in homes.

1873— William Walker deeded a piece of property to Trustees of the church for the purpose of the spreading of the gospel. Original building completed at the cost of $1,000 including seats. Elders John Nicks, Sr., Gabriel Fowlkes, Pleasant Walker

1912—T. B. Larimore held two week meeting with services twice daily.

1941—James Wells, minister Elders: E. J. Beasley, W. A. Downey, Dr. C. V. Stephenson, J. P. Thompson

1945—B. B. James Minister. First organized men’s business meeting.

1955—Ray Walker began work with congregation. James R. Brown, Ezra Ammons were added as elders

1957—Paul Rogers becomes Minister. 345 members George Goldtrap, Youth Minister.

1959—1,000 enrolled in VBS. Gospel In Word & Song begins over local radio station

1962—Motorcade to Nashville auditorium meeting. 10,500 attended

1964—Bus Route, Correspondence Course, Mailing of Church Paper, Property on Nashville Highway purchased for new facilities

1965—Doors to building locked for the first time after 92 years. Building Committee appointed. Bond Sale begun. Bids open for new church plant.

1966—Operation Doorbell. Kindergarten begun. Dedication of new building in September with  1,071 present.

1967—Budget $1,471 weekly. Speakers: Batsell Barrett Baxter, Williams. S. Banowsky

1968—160 acres donated for church camp. 40 passenger bus purchased

1969—Organized Visitation Team Meetings. Children’s Home dedicated in October. Camp Meribah opens.

1970—Centennial Homecoming with 1,100 present. Ken McDonald Hall dedicated. Annis Womack hired as secretary.

1972—Record Sunday night crowd of 512 to hear John Clayton. 2nd Bus route begun.

1975—3rd bus purchased, all-time high of 121 riders. Children’s Bible Hour begun. A-frame Chapel built. Paul Rogers preached in India

1990—Modern TV Production Center added. 31 children complete Summer Scholars Program. 120th Anniversary—Record 1,235

1991– Mission work begun in Farmville, Virginia. Announcements of plans for addition. $120,000 paid on indebtedness

1992— Paul Rogers 35th Anniversary. $1,200,000 expansion announced. Record $83,156 offering. 5,000 served at Outreach Center.

1993—Bond Sale completed, $1,100,000. New facility opened in June. Congregation has 800 members

1994—35th Anniversary of Radio Program. New mothers honored. 100,000 at Meribah since 1969. Willie Franklin meeting best-attended in history of County, 1,088 Sunday night. 1870’s pageant in December. Computer networked in offices.

1995—Record Budget of $464,986. January 2—2000 A.D. Vision Committee formed. 125th Anniversary Celebration.  Greg McCord Hired as Summer Camp Director.

1996 –Campaigns in Turks & Caicos Island and Farmville, Virginia. Dr. Joe Johnson, President of U.T. and Willard Collins, President of Lipscomb University speak.

1997—Paul Rogers’ 40th Anniversary. Craig Shelton hired as Youth Minister, Greg McCord hired as Associate Minister and Shane Willis, song director. Men of the congregation read the entire New Testament aloud in 18 hours 51 minutes with a 4’’ snow surrounding the building.

1999—40 Days of Prayer Campaign 30th Anniversary of Visitation Program Framing the Future Campaign

2000—New Millennium Celebration. Turks & Caicos Campaign. India National Conference hosted. Mladen Jovanovic, from Yugoslavia speaks. Millennium Moments Yearbook Published. Dotson Alumni Lodge completed at Meribah. Membership 875.

2002— Old factory building & property adjacent to bus garage purchased. New Dotson Alumni Lodge completed. Hosted Christian College Choral Festival weekend. Church web-site goes online.

2003— 1,003 present on Friends Day. Property adjacent to the Outreach Center purchased and dedicated the Hope House. 

2004—May 2, 2004 Generations Day. All-Time Record Attendance of 1,405 for small-town churches of Christ. Paul Rogers, speaker. Four buildings/shelters built at Meribah. Purchased property next door to building known as the "Hassell property."  24-Hours of Prayer—praying the old year out the new year in. Nick McNabb is hired as Summer Camp Director.

2005—January 6, beloved Minister of 48 years, Paul Rogers died in Cleveland Clinic of heart failure. Craig Shelton takes on new position as Operations Minister. Chris Webb hired as Youth Minister. 135th Anniversary Celebration & Revival, John Miller speaker. Elders; Bobby Bates, Bill Davis, Dr. James Blackwell, Bill McDonald, Wayne Qualls, Alfred Williams.  24-Hours of prayer. School bus purchased for youth and camp work.

2006—Bill Perkins hired as Pulpit Minister on February 19.  Budget set at $686,650.  Bobby McCoy hired as Camp Superintendent.   Anderson, South Carolina added as a mission point.  Mike Tanaro speaker at Revival. Complete overhaul of sound system. November 5 "Homecoming & Welcoming Home the 779th" Jim Bill McInteer was the speaker and the National Guard's Freedom Salute was held in the auditorium.  Standing room only for All-Church Night.  $56,603 given on the last day of year to balance budget and go beyond goal of $50,000!

2007— Bond Indebtedness paid off January 1.   The 33rd Annual Middle Tennessee Preacher & Church Leader's  "Healthy Habits of Successful Churches.”   David Shannon and Marlin Connelly shared speaking times at this year's Revival.  The Piedmont Congregation in Farmville, VA became self supporting after 17 years of support from Centerville.  Support was given for Mission efforts in Pearlington, MS, Anderson, SC, Navajo Reservation in Nevada, Panama, New York, China, and Tanzania   Seven new deacons are added and Lonnie Gilliam and Mike Goodpasture are added as Elders. On December 30, 2007 the congregation gave $112,606. to completely wipe out all debt and set an offering record!

2008— Jim Brown hired as Interim Minister in March.  Matthew Dotson hired as the Preacher-in-Training in July.  Clay Chessor is hired as the Summer Camp Director.  Auditorium re-roofed, parking lots repaved, interior of older parts of the building repainted and windows restored, and landscaping updated for the "Framing the Future Campaign."  Special Dinner is held for the 771st as they depart for Iraq.  A Saturday and Sunday Gospel Meeting is held in October with Jim Bill McInteer as the speaker.  On November 23,  Bryan McAlister preached his first sermon as the new Minister of the Centerville Church of Christ.  

2009— Bryan McAlister hired as the Minister on January 4.  Matthew Dotson began work as the Associate Minister on July 1.  933 total enrolled in Summer Spectacular, Vacation Bible School.  265 children attend Camp Meribah.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE!