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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nPost Oak Springs Christian Church was established in 1812 and is Tennessee\u2019s oldest living Christian church. \u201cIt\u2019s the mother church of all the Christian churches in the state of Tennessee,\u201d Thompson said. The historic church building was erected in 1876 and was so highly attended that the congregation outgrew the building. This led to the construction of the church\u2019s current sanctuary on Highway 70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The restoration of the historic building is vital to its survival. The structure currently has large holes in the roof which has led to water damage inside the building. The church is \u201cin danger of falling in on itself if it\u2019s not taken care of,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cIf it stays the way it is, it won\u2019t be standing for more than a few years\u2013at most.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n
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The Restoration Board has big dreams for the historic site once the church is restored. \u201cI want to create a hub in which we can facilitate community events,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cCurrently, there is a shortage of public-use facilities in the area that can accommodate community programming that are free of charge for non-profit organizations in the community to use. The Post Oak Springs Christian Church is dedicated to meeting this need through the restoration of our historic church building.\u201d The board\u2019s main focus right now, however, is securing funds for the restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Restoration Board has been in the process of fundraising, but has \u201chad very poor luck.\u201d Applying for grant money has been unsuccessful so far, despite the project\u2019s support from Senator Ken Yager and Representative Kent Calfee, as well as an endorsement from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. \u201cThe primary way to help right now is through financial donations, because that\u2019s gonna allow us to put a new roof on the building to help keep water out,\u201d Thompson explained. A new roof would also make the site safer during the remainder of the restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nDonations from the community are greatly needed and appreciated at this time. \u201cIt\u2019s going towards what you want it to be going towards,\u201d Thompson said. A report for the building\u2019s restoration has been given to the board, with complete restoration costs estimated at around $1.1 million. \u201cWe\u2019re doing everything in house that we can,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cEveryone is a volunteer on this project.\u201d Thompson says donations can be given through checks, Paypal, and GoFundMe, but checks are a preferred method since crowdfunding platforms take deductions from donations. The church is a nonprofit organization, so \u201cany donation made can be written-off,\u201d Thomspon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Checks can be made out to \u201cPost Oak Springs Christian Church” with “Restoration” in the memo line and mailed to Post Oak Springs Christian Church, 4761 Roane State Highway Rockwood, TN 37854. Drop-off times for hand-in checks can be coordinated by calling 865-297-7099. Online donations can be made through Paypal to mathompson29@yahoo.com and GoFundMe at https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/post-oak-springs-christian-church-restoration-fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Post Oak Springs Christian Church is a local landmark along Highway 70 in Rockwood. But in the brick building\u2019s backdrop lies the historic church used by the congregation in days past. While the historic church has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2007, it currently sits boarded-up in a progressively deteriorated state.Read More Restoration Project for the Historic Post Oak Springs Christian Church<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,11,13,71,14],"tags":[41,54,67],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soakinroane","category-places","category-roane-county","category-roane-rewind","category-roane-tourism","tag-historic","tag-roane-county","tag-roane-tourism","without-featured-image"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/roanetourism.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roanetourism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roanetourism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roanetourism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roanetourism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roanetourism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/roanetourism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1243,"href":"https:\/\/roanetourism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions\/1243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roanetourism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roanetourism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roanetourism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roanetourism.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}