What we believe

This section will detail what we believe and why.

What to expect when you visit us

On Sundays, we meet at 9:30 for about a 45 min period during which we study the Bible.  It is a very informal setting and everyone is encouraged to participate in the discussion.  At 10:30 we begin a more formal period of worship.  We begin with prayer and sing hymns and praising to God.  The bible tells us to 'sing and make melody in our hearts', therefore we do not use an type of musical instrument in our worship, neither do we have a choir.  Next we have a communion service each Sunday as we are commanded in the Bible.  We use this time to remember the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on the cross by partaking of emblems that represent his body that was broken and his blood that was shed.  We then have a period of around 30-45 minutes of preaching.  We will sing a couple more songs and end our service with a prayer.   On Sunday nights, we meet again at 5PM for another period of prayer, singing and preaching.   On Wednesday nights, we meet at 7:00PM for another period of bible study followed by a short message from the Bible You won't find a 'Christian Life Center', kitchen or gynasium at our congregation, we don't find anywhere in the Bible where God tells us that this is work of the local church.   Please feel free to ask anyone about our worship and how it is conducted.  We will be glad to give scriptural references for everything we do.

Meeks St. History

In 1964 a group of families in Corinth decided to meet to worship God according to the plan he set forth in the Bible.  The families included the Miller's, Claunch's, McDearmon's, Storment, Frank's, Archer's, Bynum's, Johnson's and Grisham's.  Curtis Flatt, who was preaching in Florence AL, helped support the start of the congregation by providing chairs, songbooks and class material.  Initially, the congregation would meeting in the building where Jim's Auto Supply is on Shiloh Road.  Around 6 months later, the group met in the building on Shiloh Road that now houses Gold Bond Pest Control.  In 1965 J Claunch donated a parcel of land located on the corner of Meeks and 2nd Street.  Mr Heavener from Ripley built the building for around $20K.  As building was completed, E Bingham began preaching there.  In 1978, the church bought a piece of property on third street and enlarged the parking lot.  Following E Bingham were H Hartsell, W Watts, W Little, R Fudge, Philip McGaha, L Atherton, J Allen, D Holloway, A Turner and D Chancellor.  Attendance at Meeks St. started with around 25 people, at one time it reached 126 people.  Today we average around 40 in attendance each Sunday.  The church does not currently have any elders or deacons, in the early 70's the church did have elders for a short time, E Bingham, H Bynum and M Grisham.