History Of First Baptist Powell :

Our story begins in 1889, when in Powell Station, Tennessee, fifteen members of Sharon Baptist Church were given letters of dismission so that they might organize a church in the small, but thriving Powell Station community. Powell Station Baptist Church began its mission when that small group met on April 27, 1889, in the school community building. Preaching the first sermon that morning was Rev. J. M. Carter of Claiborne County. As in many rural farming communities, the demands of the land, crops, and commerce put great constraints on a person's every waking hour. It's not surprising to learn that in those days, the church often met only once each month. And when they began meeting twice monthly, they got together on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings. Services were held for some time in the school building, under the leadership of Brother William W. Bishop.

A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth. Each congregation operates under the Lordship of Christ through democratic processes. In such a congregation each member is responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord. Its scriptural officers are pastors and deacons. While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.