New TVP Church Plants
Ooltewah Church Plant
Benjie Slaton, Planting Pastor
Ooltewah, TN
Benjamin (Benjie) Slaton is planting a new PCA church in the I-75/Hamilton Place/Ooltewah area of Chattanooga. He brings to the work an amazing family and lots of experience. He and his wife Natalie both grew up in Dallas and attended SMU for college. After seminary at RTS in Jackson, they returned to Texas for Benjie to serve as the RUF Campus Minsiter at UT in Austin, and then as a pastor on staff at All Saints PCA in Austin and Redeemer PCA in San Antonio. Together, they have 3 children and have diligently taught them to love good tacos and spicy salsa.
Even while calling Texas home, the Slatons have long considered Chattanooga their second home. As undergrads, Benjie and Natalie worked at camps on Lookout Mountain (Alpine Camp for Boys and Camp DeSoto for Girls), and they went on date nights to Chattanooga. In subsequent years they returned for Benjie to serve as the camp minister at Alpine. And as their children have grown, the family has made the trek out to these camps almost every summer. During those years, the Slatons have developed a love for Chattanooga and have made numerous friends in the area. They are delighted to join with God’s work through the churches in the TVP and see a new expression of the church born in the northeast part of the metro area.
Lakeway Presbyterian
Chris Talley, Planting Pastor
Morristown, TN
Lakeway Presbyterian Church exists to make much of Jesus and His Gospel and to plant churches that have the same commitment.
Communities in the Lakeway area are greatly under-served by the work of the larger church to establish new church plants. The population centers in the suburbs and cities get far more attention. Situated between Knoxville and Johnson City, this part of East Tennessee is dotted by smaller towns and is known for its rural beauty. As the main town in a larger trade area of 120,000 people, Morristown is the key location to establish a resource church that could reach the smaller, outlying communities with future church plants.
Our desire is to plant a church that is a safe place for anyone (the un-churched, the de-churched, and those needing a church) to explore Christianity and grow in their understanding of who Jesus is and what it means to follow Him in community with others in the Lakeway area. We are here for the convinced and the unconvinced, for the lost, the found, the burned, the bored, the cynical and the spiritual. We open wide our doors no matter where people are in their faith journey.
Church planting is the most effective means to reach those who have not yet trusted Jesus. Church planting is about both evangelism and discipleship. The church is a community of friends who delight in the gospel of Jesus, are growing in His grace and willing to sacrifice for His kingdom. We also have the great privilege to partner and serve with Reformed University Fellowship at Carson-Newman University, reaching and serving the rising generations. We hope to build connections and partnerships with other area churches to reach the Lakeway area for King Jesus.
Restoration Southside
Jared Huffman, Planting Pastor
Chattanooga, TN (Southside)
Restoration Southside is a church in and for the city of Chattanooga. A place for people who struggle but are tired of striving. A place for honest questions and authentic friendship. A place to be known. A place to experience something different. We believe the gospel of Jesus is able to restore us and give us hope.
Woodlands Gathering
Greg Baney, Planting Pastor
Hamilton and Sequatchie Counties, TN
Woodlands Gathering is a mission church plant in the Tennessee Valley Presbytery that intentionally seeks to reach the Native American population in Hamilton and Sequatchie counties with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Woodlands Gathering is currently in the gathering phase of ministry. This means we are seeking to build a core team of Native believers who are willing to live out the Christian faith as people indigenous to this continent . We hope to launch (meet regularly on a weekly basis) in January 2021.
Mosaic Fellowship
Luke Banner, Planting Pastor
Chattanooga, TN
Future TVP Church Plants
• Ringgold, GA
• Dunlap, TN
• Cleveland, TN
• Athens, TN
• Urban center church in Knoxville
• Powell, TN
Existing TVP Church Plants
Grace Mission Church
Knoxville, TN