In God’s amazing grace, He providentially worked in the lives of many families to bring us together for such a time as this to plant a purely biblical New Testament Church. This is what God does generation after generation. He prepares the hearts of His people and their circumstances to bring together a body of believers to glorify His name. There is no other way to explain The Master’s Church. God moved individually on dozens of people’s hearts to desire a church that is established solely on the Bible. That meant years of frustrations and struggles in churches that were run by the traditions of men, but those were trials we needed for our growth and for His glory. Now, God is doing something marvelous!

It all started in 1997, when God led Pastor Greg to start a Bible study in Upstate New York. This study exploded with young people coming from many different churches just to study the Bible and have fellowship with other believers. Pastor Greg was teaching verse-by-verse through the Book of Isaiah and was very intentional in making the Bible the center of attention. As the size of the group grew, a thought went through his head…“Is God calling me to plant a new church with these people?” While believing the Lord put that desire in his heart, he knew he was just not ready; he  needed theological training; he needed more maturity; he needed more battle scars before he was going to be ready for such a high calling. So he tucked away the thought in his heart and continued to teach the Bible and proceeded onto seminary.

About seven years later, after finishing seminary and being exposed to unbiblical and man-centered churches, Pastor Greg explored planting a new church in the Upstate New York area. Several people began to meet week after week, planning and praying. However, Pastor Greg was fresh out of seminary and had little pastoral experience. After several weeks of prayer and counsel, he realized it was not in the Lord’s plan at that time to plant a church, so he put the brakes on. Then about two years later, a group of people were meeting and discussing a church plant in Pastor Greg’s hometown. The group invited him into the discussion and desired for him to be their founding pastor. There were dozens of people, and a lot of excitement was in the air. However, there were some key theological differences amongst the group, so Pastor Greg sensed the Lord’s prompting again to put the brakes on.

At that point Pastor Greg did not know if he would ever be involved in a church plant, but he prayerfully kept it before the Lord and was open to His timing. Pastor Greg would regularly ponder on what a church that was solely patterned after the Bible would look like if the Lord ever opened the door of opportunity. In the meantime, he went on…pastoring churches for seventeen years alongside wonderful people of God, but he discovered time and again the churches were hindered because of the traditions of men. 

Then, in the sudden, mysterious and miraculous providence of God, the Lord blasted open the opportunity to plant a church in Kingsport Tennessee. The amazing part of it, was at the same time all of this was happening, God was prompting other godly believers to desire the same thing! The Triune God of Scripture sovereignly and meticulously worked out His plan to bring about a new church plant at lightning speed! Within a week’s period of time, God moved upon a core group of people, who had silently longed for a Bible-driven church, to gather together into a new church. It is staggering to know that God had this planned all along for The Master’s Church to begin meeting on June 21st, 2020.

This church plant is a testimony to God’s wonderful grace, mercy and providence, which has been so apparent in the early days of The Master’s Church. God in His perfect timing brought dozens of families and individuals locally and around the country, whose desire was simply to be part of a God-glorifying, Christ-centered, Bible-driven church. Each person has a similar story to tell. Each person has a testimony that resembles Pastor Greg’s. God was working simultaneously in each person’s life to bring them to The Master’s Church. God truly is awesome! We would love for you to be part of this great move of God in the Kingsport area. We cordially welcome you to come and see the difference when traditions are put aside for the purity of the Word of God. If you have ever wanted to be involved in a church that unashamedly bases everything it does on the text of sacred Scripture, then The Master’s Church is for you!