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One Water, Many Bowls: Tony Thomas Discusses Cross-Cultural Ministry with Church Planters
“We are offering Christianity in a Western cup and India rejects it. But when we offer the water of life in an Eastern bowl, then our...
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Apr 6, 20244 min read


Christ Covenant Knoxville’s Church Planting Residency
Seth Hammond, lead pastor at Christ Covenant PCA in Knoxville, is leading a group of men through NXTGEN Pastor’s cohort model as part of...
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Apr 6, 20244 min read


Parakaleo: Supporting the Women and Wives of Church Planting
par-ak-al-eh'-o para: beside/alongside kaleo: call In our December email series, we briefly touched on the Tennessee Valley Presbytery’s...
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Feb 10, 20244 min read


Manipulation vs. Ministry: Jim Coffield Speaks into Emotional Intelligence for Church Planters
At the end of January, Jim Coffield joined our presbytery’s Church Planting Network quarterly gathering to discuss emotional intelligence...
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Feb 10, 20244 min read


Support TVP's Church Planting Network
Because of faithful donors like you, our presbytery is able to support and equip our pastors for long-term health in ministry. Through...
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Jan 6, 20244 min read


Learning from the Locals
In his ministry to the rural areas and small towns of North Georgia and Southeast Tennessee, Corey Pelton has practiced learning about...
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Sep 16, 20236 min read


The PCA’s Church Planting Strategy
At our presbytery’s August Church Planting Network Gathering, Chris Vogel spoke about national trends in church openings and closings and...
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Sep 16, 20235 min read


New Members, Milestones, and Maturity at Redeemer Athens
I knew I needed to just preach the Bible, because people didn’t want to read and discuss other books about the Bible - they wanted...
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Sep 16, 20234 min read


Meet Tyler Majors: Pastoral Intern at Lakeway Presbyterian
This June, Tyler Majors became Lakeway Presbyterian’s first pastoral intern. The Morristown, TN church is led by planting pastor Chris...
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Jul 29, 20234 min read


The Story of Christ Church
This month marks two years that Christ Church Presbyterian has been meeting for Sunday morning worship. The plant was started by Covenant...
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Jul 29, 20234 min read


Moving from the Mountain to Mosaic
Until joining Mosaic, Corby served as associate pastor at Rock Creek Fellowship on Lookout Mountain, GA. Corby and his wife, Rachel, have...
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Jul 29, 20233 min read


Corby Shields Joins Mosaic Fellowship
As you may recall from our previous newsletter, Mosaic Fellowship in Chattanooga, TN has been going through a leadership transition. We...
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Jun 7, 20231 min read


Testimonies From Two Churches
“We’ve been in Athens for about 16 years and consider ourselves Baptists, but we had a difficult time finding a Bible-centered church...
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May 20, 20232 min read


Church Planting Network Seeks to Support Pastors
Now that Travis Vaughn has joined the Tennessee Valley Presbytery as the executive director of church planting, he is working to build...
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Apr 5, 20233 min read


Cartecay Gathering Forms in Ellijay, GA
Through Corey Pelton’s Rural Church Development work, he’s had the opportunity to help a gathering of believers form in Ellijay, GA....
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Apr 5, 20233 min read


Two Leadership Transitions
We'd like to let you know that two churches in the TVP church planting initiative - one that has particularized and one that is still in...
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Apr 5, 20231 min read


Only God Who Gives the Growth
According to an article published by Barna Group a little over a year ago, “Even amidst the pandemic, church planting remains a priority...
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Feb 11, 20232 min read


Woodlands Gathering Launches Worship & Preserves Native Culture
After several years of outreach, events, and Bible studies, Woodlands Gathering officially launched Sunday morning worship on November...
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Feb 11, 20236 min read


The Lord’s Provision Throughout 2022
We are thankful for God's provision and care in 2022 among TVP's church planters, elders, and core groups. He is faithful. We hope the...
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Feb 11, 20232 min read


“Every dawn brings a stronger recognition that I am new in Christ.”
“What a joy it has been to first visit and then become a member at Grace Presbyterian Church. I have become immersed in the Word of God...
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Jan 29, 20232 min read
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