History of the Church of Christ
in Greenville

While the church of Christ has existed since the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Christ, no known congregations existed in the state of South Carolina prior to 1919. It was during this year that T.H. Burton settled in Columbia to begin a congregation of the Lord's people there.  In 1921, other Christians moved to the areas of Union, Buffalo, Stone, and Moore to spread the Gospel tothose areas. In October 1921, the first tent meeting was held in Greenville on Buncombe Road.  Individuals from Greenville, Mills Mill and Duncan came to hear the Gospel preached.

Because God's Word touched many souls during the Greenville tent meeting, a congregation was started in 1922.  The church first began to meet in a funeral home.  Later, it moved to the home of G.F. Gibbs, the local preacher.  By October of 1922, the church had grown so large that it began to meet in the first church building. The congregation assembled four times per week: twice on Sunday, and again on Wednesday and Saturday nights. By 1923, there were so many Christians meeting in Greenville, the church expanded to the areas of Piedmont, West Greenville, Poe Mill, Jackson Grove, Union, Paris, Park Place, Mills Mill, and the Cross Road School House.

In 1925, brother Marshall Keeble came from Nashville, Tennessee to Greenville to reach out to the black community in the area. As a result, several individuals from the Jackson Grove community were baptized.

As a result of the efforts of Christians in the Greenville area, faithful congregations of the Lord'schurch can be found today in Greenville and across the state of South Carolina.