Sunday Wednesday
Bible Study: 9:00 am Bible Study: 7:00 pm
Worship: 10:00 am
Devotional: 11:00 am
The Corner Stone in Our Sidewalk
Then and Now
If you have ever wondered about the corner stone embedded in the sidewalk leading up to our present church building, here is the story: Our first church building in Parsons, Kansas, was located downtown at 1721 Washington Avenue, and served as our meeting house from 1894 until 1919, when a new building was erected for our congregation at 2611 Main Street. The corner stone memorializing our first permanent church house was installed in that new building (circled in the first photo). At some point following the construction of our present building in 1965, the corner stone was moved and embedded in our present sidewalk, where it remains to this day.
Congregational Photos
Earliest Known Photographs
(1909 - 1910)
Most Recent Group Photograph
(2015)
Meeting Places
Meeting Places Before Our First Church Building
"Franklin School House"
(1870-1894)
Southeast Parsons, Kansas (within the property presently owned by the former Kansas Army Ammunition Plant)
"A Hall Downtown"
(1894)
Parsons, Kansas
Our First Church Building
(1894 - 1919)
1721 Washington Avenue
Parsons, Kansas
(no longer standing)
Our Second Church Building
(1919 - 1965)
2611 Main Street
Parsons, Kansas
(no longer standing)
Our Third Church Building
(1965 - Present)
2900 Briggs Avenue
Parsons, Kansas
Preachers - Past/Present
1870 - 1903 ~ No Located Preacher
1903 - 1905 ~ D.W. Summers
1908 - 1910~ Robert "R. G." Edwards
1909 - 1910 ~ A.M. Morris
1911 - 1922 ~ W.J. Whaley
1933 - 1937 ~ Jessie Jerome Hogan
1937 - 1947 ~ Frederick Sommer
Late 40's - Early 50's ~ Earl H. Nimrod
1957 - 1959 ~ Paul Butterfield
1960 - 1962 ~ King Culbreth
1962 - 1963 ~ Justin Garrett
1963 - 1964 ~ Frank Lilly
1964 - 1966 ~ Harold Heath
1968 ~ Eldon Mimms
1968 - 1971 ~ Glenn Jeffrey
1971 - 1973 ~ Frank Scheurich
1973 - 1977 ~ Delmar Andrews
1977 - 1979 ~ John McDonald
1979 - 1981 ~ Larry Fahrlender
1981 - 1983 ~ Paul E. Coffman
1983 - 1987 ~ Jesse T. Willis
1987 - 1989 ~ No Located Preacher
1989 - 1994 ~ Kevin Huddleston
1994 - 1996 ~ No Located Preacher
1996 - 1999 ~ Stan Chism
1999 - 2000 ~ No Located Preacher
2000 - 2001 ~ Dee Meador
2001 - 2009 ~ Wiley Risley
2009 - 2010 ~ Kevin Huddleston
2010 ~ Chris Wheat
2011 - 2018 ~ Cloyd "Ben" Frock, Jr.
2019 - 2021 ~ Gary Fox
2021-Present ~ Men of the church