building on a firm foundation (1 Corinthians 3:10,11,14)
Two old buildings (shown above) dominate the main campus of First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga at 554 McCallie Avenue. The sanctuary was dedicated in 1910 and the Tower (former Medical Arts Building) was completed in 1928 and acquired by First Pres in 1973. These physical structures are where First Pres worships and works, and from where we send and support missionaries locally and worldwide.
Generous members from former generations have given these buildings to us. These structures need major maintenance and modernization to better serve the present congregation and nearby neighbors, especially the students and faculty of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. After intensive study and with the approval of our elders, our deacons produced the Master Plan to accomplish these and other objectives. Our stewardship responsibility requires care of these properties and their preservation for the use of future generations, so that the church will not need to repeat such a massive undertaking for the next fifty years or more.
The Capital Campaign Committee is a subcommittee of the Diaconate Finance Committee with the goal of raising the funds for the extensive repairs and renovations that the deacons discovered through the Master Plan process. While planning for the facilities’ physical improvements, our major objectives are to enhance the church’s outreach and ministries, all for the glory of our Savior and King, the Founder and Head of His Church, our Lord Jesus Christ!
Members of the Capital Campaign Committee are Pete Austin III and Mike Kramer, co-chairmen, Christy Dyer-Gultom, Mitch Everhart, Skip Pond, Tom Snow, Kim White, Brenda Drennan, Campaign Coordinator, and Senior Pastor Gabe Fluhrer, Ex Officio. These members are dedicated, excited, and task-oriented under the prayerful guidance of the Holy Spirit to bring to completion the vision of the Master Plan.
To learn more about where we are now in the process, you can reach out to the Committee directly at CapitalCampaign@1stPresbyterian.com.
Our Partners
The Canaan Group
Rardin & Carroll Architects
Shear Structural Engineers
Pray for Our Capital Campaign Process
Our church leadership is seeking the Lord’s vision for His church in this location and facility that He has given us to steward. Various committees are gathering information and will be making recommendations to help us to be wise stewards and prepare us for future ministry. This is a vital chapter in the life of our church and a time when Satan will be sowing discord, so we ask you to be faithfully holding this process in prayer.
Father, ‘You are the great I Am’, Your person and power are owing solely to Yourself and no other. You are the same yesterday, today and forever and foresee all circumstances. We thank You and we praise You for growing this flock and giving us a capacity problem. We pray that You would give our leaders wisdom and courage as they consider how to follow Your leading with our facility. As trustees of all You have given, help us to see this facility as a tool and a vehicle for the advancement of Your ministry and mission in this city and the world. Help us to be wise stewards of the gifts You have given us. We pray for Your grace to reach more and more people, that there will be great thankfulness, and You will receive more and more glory.
(Exodus 3:13-15, Heb 13:8, James 1:17, 2 Cor 4:15)
