Our Values
To love our community, lead people to Christ, and leave a lasting impact on the world through:
1. Christ-Centered Commitment
2. Real-Family Environment
3. Next-Step Encouragement
4. Multi-Generational Involvement
5. Bible-Based Development
Our Vision & Mission
At West Nashville Church, it is our mission to open our arms to be meaningfully involved in the lives of the families of our community with the mission of leading 1 out of every 2 households in the area to be impacted by the never-failing love of Christ by 2030. By the grace of God, we hope to accomplish this by engaging an ever-changing community with the never-failing love of Christ.
History of Our Church
West Nashville Church has a deep history in the Nashville community spanning over 120 years. The original church was organized in 1893 after a tent revival, with its first church building constructed in June, 1895. By April, 1900, the congregation had grown to a size that merited a new building in the Nashville Nations on the corner of 51st Avenue North and Kentucky. This lasted until 1927, when at a separate location was constructed on the front part of the lot facing 51st Avenue.
Today, West Nashville Church is located at 6849 Old Charlotte Pike, which has been our current home since 1976, having underwent an addition in 1980 to accommodate a new Sunday School wing as an expansion to the facilities. Together we worship God, grow spiritually, reach out, and engage life.
History of Our Denomination
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized in 1810 by Rev. Samuel McAdow, Rev. Finis Ewing, and Rev. Samuel King in McAdow’s log cabin home located in Dickson County, Tennessee.
This new denomination arose to minister to the spiritual needs of a pioneer people who turned from the doctrine of predestination to embrace the “Whosoever Will” gospel of the new church. “Cumberland” came from the area’s name (the Cumberland River valley); “Presbyterian” described the form of polity.
By 1900, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was the third-largest Presbyterian or reformed body in the United States.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church maintains a four-year university, Bethel University, and a seminary, Memphis Theological Seminary, both located in Tennessee. The denomination also runs the Cumberland Presbyterian Center that houses other church boards and agencies. A replica of Rev. McAdow’s cabin now stands where the church was founded and a sandstone chapel commemorating the foundation has been erected nearby in Montgomery Bell State Park. Cumberland Presbyterian congregations can be found all over the United States as well as internationally (Japan, Hong Kong, Columbia, South America, etc.), but are primarily located in the American Southeast and West.
Feel free to check out more information about our denomination by visiting the official Cumberland Presbyterian Website:
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