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We hold the Bible to be God’s word, the only source of our faith and practice. Our objective is to “restore” the New Testament church in our time – to determine from the Bible what the church was like in the beginning, and to be like that. We believe this is a worthy and reverent goal. When you come to visit us, you may be interested to know what our worship assembly is like. We’ll walk you through a typical…

What We Believe

The Southaven Church of Christ invites you to attend any of our services.  We love having visitors and would be honored by your presence. The Members of the Southaven church of Christ are simply Christians…we are not a denomination or even non-denominational. We’re just “Christians”. It is our goal to always please God, and we believe that the best way to do this is to follow the pattern established by the first church of Christ in the 1st century, revealed in…

Our History

The Southaven congregation was established in Southaven, Mississippi on June 13, 1965 when several families met to worship together in the Tri-State Auction Barn. Al Frankes and Harold Bowie served as the first pulpit preachers and Robert Hall served as the song leader. For the next 15 months they continued to meet in this building each Lord’s Day and Wednesday evening for worship while suitable facilities were planned and completed. In early September, 1966, the building at Brookhaven Drive was…

About the Church of Christ

Introduction Before God ever said “let there be light” (Gen. 1:3), He had, in His mind, already said, “let there be a church” (Eph. 3:9-11; 1 Pet. 1:20; Acts 20:28). As the Old Testament story unfolded, numerous prophecies predicting the coming of the church were recorded by inspired prophets of God. For instance, God told David that after he was dead and buried one of his descendants would “build an house for my name” (2 Sam. 7:12-13). According to 1…