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On August 11, 1965, Fountain of Life Lutheran
Church was organized at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Gore, 110 Hastings Drive, with seventeen peo- ·
ple present. Bi-weekly meetings began for the purpose
of instruction in the Lutheran-Chrisltian Faith, evan-
gelism training, and mission planning.
The congregation observed its official beginning at
the Sunday morning worship service on November 7,
1965. This service was held in the Seventh-Day Adven-
tist Church on West Mountain Street. One hundred and
sixty area Lutherans were present to help the sixteen
members of Fountain of Life Lutheran Church celebrate
their beginning as a congregation.
Services were held in the Seventh-Day Adventisl
Church through June, 1968. The building at 107 Clif-
ton St., leased from Mr. Isaac Roberts, was then con-
The Catholic Mission
verted into a Worship Center. This building, seating 45, South Main Street
September 9, 1969
has been used for worship until the present time.
The Reverend Lawrence Kelm served the congre•
gation until August 24, 1969. He was succeeded on
January 11, 1970, by the Reverend Ted Strelow.
By the end of 1970 the congregation had grown to
64 members and began plans for a permanent church
structure which will be erected on a four acre lot on
Interstate 40.
The Catholic Mission in Kernersville is a Mission
of St. Benedict the Moor Church in Winston-Salem and
Father W. A. Pharr is pastor. The Mission was opened
September 9, 1969 in what used to be the Shouse An-
tique Shop at 419 South Main St.
The Mission has prospered and grown beyond ex-
pectations. It was started with eleven families and is
now serving twenty-six families. Sixty children are
enrolled in the Sunday School. The territory of The
Mission comprises Kernersville proper, Oak Ridge, Sedge
Garden, Colfax, and Walkertown.
In the year 1906 a Revival was conducted in Ker-
nersville by the Reverend Will Allred and the Reverend
Fountain of Life Lutheran Church
August 11, 1965 W. A. Way. As a result of this meeting a Pilgrim Holiness
Church was founded. In 1928 this work was greatly re-
vived and strengthened under the leadership of the Rev.
Mrs. Louella Teague Gallimore. Mrs. Gallimore was
pastor and leader of the church for many years. Other
early ministers were the Reverend and Mrs. Carl L. Bost
and the Reverend and Mrs. M. H. Russell.
In 1946 this church was designated the college
church, and since then has served Kernersville Wesleyan
College along with the local congregation. The old
church became inadequate because of growth in attend-
ance, therefore, in 1952 definite plans were made to
This long low, white build a new church. On May 31, 1953, the first service
brick and fram e house
(photographed in 1944) on was conducted in the new church with 300 in attend-
South Main Street is
known as the Leak home. ance. More recent ministers have been C. A. Brown,
It was once a combined
store and residence in Terry Ragland, Wray J. Smith, McCray Holms, Edward
Kernersville's early days.
Houston, and the present pastor is the Rev. Layton L.
Lange.
The house is one of Kernersville's oldest structures. It has remained in the
family and P. J. ash, a descendant, resides here and has a printing Through the prayers and sacrifices of many minis-
company in the store end of the house. Mr. Nash edited a newspaper for
the T own of Kernersville in 1958 called "The People's News". ters, church members, and friends we were able to offer
this beautiful new church to our community, for the true
worship of Christ.
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