About New Tazewell Methodist Church
Our History
NTMC is located in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains, in Claiborne County, Tennessee. Originally begun in 1932 and located on what is now Giles Industries property, New Tazewell Methodist Episcopal Church soon moved to a beautiful brick building on Main Street in New Tazewell. In December of 1940, just before Christmas, this church burned down, along with four businesses on the block. Members of this church were transferred to Midway Methodist Church, so named because it stood between the towns of Tazewell and New Tazewell. This church first purchased property for land in 1935 when the TVA flooded the valleys to create nearby Norris Lake. Some of the lumber from churches destroyed by the flood were used to build the current church building, dedicated on September 29, 1935. By action of the Fourth Quarterly Conference and Holston Annual Conference, the name was changed to New Tazewell Methodist Church in 1956. The Education Building was authorized by the Conference in 1963, and first used on Easter Sunday of 1964. In 1968, the Methodist Church joined with the United Brethren Church, and we became New Tazewell United Methodist Church. In 2023, we elected to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church and changed our name to New Tazewell Methodist Church. In July of 2023 we became affiliated with the Global Methodist Church. Our Sanctuary was renovated in 1974, and in 2022-3 we again updated our sanctuary with a new roof, new carpeting and paint, and updated electronics. Our continuing prayer is that our building and facilities continue to be used to reach out in love and to serve our family and our community. Our services, our programs and our activities are open to anyone who would like to be a part of the mission of discipling in faith and helping those in need. Our congregation welcomes all to our church family and we hope to see you soon!
Our Mission
At New Tazewell Methodist Church, we exist to make disciples of Jesus Christ both within our current membership and beyond our walls. We seek to spread scriptural holiness through our worship, our words and actions, and our local and global outreach.
SOME OF OUR OUTREACHES:
Sunday School
Choir and Praise Band
Church-wide covered dish dinners
Vacation Bible School
Sew 'N' So's
Scout Troops 508 and 805 and Pack 508
ETHRA Senior Lunches
Red Bird Mission
ICS (Inner City Slickers)
Claiborne Hunger Ministry
Iglesia Metodista de Guatao in Cuba
Methodist Church in Liviv, Ukraine
Our Ministries
At New Tazewell Methodist Church, we strive to meet the needs of people of all ages, backgrounds, and situations. We sponsor an active Scout program with cub pack 508 and Scout Troops 508 and 805 of the Scouts of America. Our active committees include Hospitality, Community Education, Outreach, and the Sew-N-So's. These groups seek out the needs of their various focus groups and create and sponsor classes, activities, and events to meet those needs. Our church also features such activities as Bible study series, covered dish dinners, Memorials (see our collection of stained glass windows), a grief support group, Thanksgiving baskets, and Christmas and Easter cantatas by our choir. One of our more popular outreach programs is our Timely Topics series. These are sessions of general interest which are open to the public. NTMC works with other churches in the community in bringing Second Harvest food banks to families in Claiborne County. Every Tuesday and Thursday, NTMC hosts a free lunch for seniors 60 and over, sponsored by ETHRA.
NTMC regularly supports the Red Bird Mission in Kentucky (http://rbmission.org), the Claiborne Hunger Ministry, and the Inner City Slickers (https://innercityslickers.com/) program. We also support international relief efforts to our sister church in Guatao, Cuba (https://www.cubaministry.org/) where our church helps supply food, medicine, and general toiletries to the pastor and the members of the church and community. We also provide both prayer and financial support for our sister church in Lviv, Ukraine.