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Religion should be the rule of life}
not a casual incident of it.
The Rev. S. L. McKay was appointed by the Presby-
tery to work in the Kernersville field as organizing minis-
ter. The first workshop service was held at the church on
Otocber 2, 1960.
On February 5, 1961, the Presbytery Commission
met at the church building at 611 Oakhurst Street and
the First Presbyterian Church of Kernersville was offi-
cially organized. Thirty-five charter members were re-
ceived into membership. The newly formed congre-
gation took the following action: am d the church The
First Presbyterian Church of Kernersville, elected elders,
deacons, and called S. L. McKay as Pastor.
Mr. McKay served as pastor from July 1960 to
August 1966. The church was without a pastor from
September 1966 to June 1969. During this time, several
ministers filled the pulpit including the Reverend Shorty
Smith and the Reverend Roscoe B. Fisher. On June 1,
First Presbyterian Church
Oakhurst Street
February 5, 1951
This is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Spears on South Main
Street. A brick was found in the chimney when the house was
being remodeled dating it back to 1834.
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1969 the Reverend James E. Carriker accepted a call
from the congregation and became the second minister
of the church.
The First Presbyterian Church is located at 611
Oakhurst Street on five acres of land. The congregation
of seventy members is involved in several community
activiti s and is conducting a self study which may lead
to the construction of a new building on the Oakhurst-
Gordon Street property.
The Kernersville Church of Christ was organized
on January 6, 1963. The congregation met for nearly a
year in the Community House on Salisbury Street. Land
was purchased from the McKaughan family and a build-
ing erected within the year. The first service was held
in the church building on the last Sunday of December,
1963. The church is located on Salisbury Street Exten-
sion. Four classrooms and a basem nt have been added
recently to the church.
K nneth D. Smith of Rural Hall has ministered to
the congregation since its beginning. The average at-
tendance for Bible School is one hundred. As a part of
its Mission work, the church gives financial aid to Atlanta
Christian College in Atlanta, Georgia and to Winston-
Salem Bible College.
The Church of Christ is a ew Testament Church,
believing that to be a Christian, one must hear, believe,
rep nt, confess, be baptized, and live a Christian life.
Plans for a Lutheran Church in Kernersville began
in July, 1965, when the Rev. Lawrence Kelm arrived in
town. Assigned to this area as "Mission-Director" by the
Mission Board of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod,
Pastor Kelm began the task of canvassing this com-
munity.
Kernersville Church of Christ
Salisbury Street Extension
January 6, 1963