Tennessee Synod

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

1888 - Present


1888 - Formed from consolidation of East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, West Tennessee and Columbia Synods

1904- Madison, Memphis, Hopewell and Obion presbyteries stricken off to form West Tennessee Synod
Synod then included the following presbyteries
Chattanooga, Clarksville, Columbia, Cookeville, East Tennessee, Elk, Knoxville, Lebanon, and McMinnville

1925 - Chattanooga, East Tennessee and Knoxville presbyteries stricken off to form East Tennessee Synod
Tennessee Synod then included the following presbyteries
Clarksville, Cookeville, Elk, Lebanon, McMinnville, and Richland

1962 - Tennessee Synod realigns member presbyteries consolidating and redrawing boundaries creating the following presbyteries
Columbia, Murfreesboro, and Nashville

1983 - General Assembly received the Presbytery of Liberia after its serving three years as a provisional presbytery and attached it to Tennessee Synod

1988 - No change made to synod structure in major restructure of synods and presbyteries.
Tennessee Synod included at this time
Columbia, Liberia, Murfreesboro and Nashville Presbyteries


Tennessee Synod Newsletter

Newsletters in Historical Library and Archives


Holdings

 

1888-1988
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Information on earlier meetings to be added

 

1988
May 19, 1988 - Tusculum Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Nashville, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Willard Basham
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
4 printed minutes in archives

1989
May 4, 1989 - St. Luke Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Madison, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Sam Wayman
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
4 printed minutes in archives

1990
May 3, 1990 - First Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Winchester, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Larry Guin
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
4 printed minutes in archives

1992
May 7, 1992 - First Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Columbia, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Willard Basham
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
4 printed minutes in archives

1994
May 5, 1994 - Brookhaven Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Nashville, Tennessee
Moderator: Elder Lewis Wynn
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
4 printed minutes in archives

1996
May 2, 1996 - Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church - McMinnville, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Richard Hughes
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
No Minutes in Archives
Need 4 copies

1998

May 7, 1998 - Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Hendersonville, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. James Diamon
Vice Moderator: Rev. John Leggett
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. C. Ray Dobbins
4 printed minutes in archives


2000

May 4, 2000 - Crystal Springs Camp Ground - Kelso, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Dwayne Tyus
Vice Moderator: Rev. J. Tommy Jobe
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. C. Ray Dobbins
3 printed minutes in archives
Need 1 copy

2001
May 3, 2001 - Joywood Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Smyrna, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Richard Hughes
Vice Moderator: Rev. Mark Barron
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. Joel Tommy Jobe
1 printed minute in archives
Need 3 copies

2002
May 2, 2002 - St. Luke Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Madison, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Mark Barron
Vice Moderator: Rev. Ron Burgess
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. Joel Tommy Jobe
4 printed minute in archives


2003
May 1, 2003 - Grace Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Franklin, Tennessee
Moderator: E. J. Boyson
Vice Moderator: Rev. Dwight Liles
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. Joel Tommy Jobe
4 printed minutes in archives

2004
May 6, 2004 - First Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Cookeville, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. E. G. Sims
Vice Moderator: Rev. Earl West
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. Joel Tommy Jobe
1 printed minute in archives
Need 3 more copies

2005
May 5, 2005 - Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Hendersonville, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Jimmy Byrd
Vice-Moderator: Rev. Dwight Liles
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. Joel Tommy Jobe
2 printed minutes in archives
Need 2 more copies

2006
May 4, 2006 - First Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Columbia, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Dwight Liles
Vice Moderator: Rev. Sherry Ladd
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. Joel Tommy Jobe
2 printed minutes in archives
Need 2 more copies

2007
May 3, 2007 - Mt. Denson Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Springfield, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Jonathan Watson
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
No Minutes in Archives
Need 4 copies

2008
May 1, 2008 - First Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Winchester, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Steve Louder
Vice Moderator: Rev. Ray De Vries
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. Joel Tommy Jobe
4 printed minutes in archives

2010
May 6, 2010 - Crystal Springs Camp - Kelso, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Joyce Merritt
Vice Moderator: Rev. Nathan Wheeler
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. Steve Louder
4 printed minutes in archives

2012
May 3, 2012 - Beech Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Hendersonville, Tennessee
Moderator: Sam Suddarth
Vice Moderator: Rev. Tommy Jobe
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. Steve Louder
1 printed minute in archives
Electronic version minutes received November 19, 2013

2014
May 1, 2014 - Rocky Glade Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Eagleville, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Jason Mikel
Vice Moderator: Rev. Brent Wills
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. Steve Louder
Electronic copy of minutes received May 8, 2014
4 printed minutes in archives

2016
May 5, 2016 - Belleview Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Franklin, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Brent Wills
Vice Moderator: Rev. Joyce Merritt
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. Steve Louder
Electronic copy of minutes received May 8, 2014
2 printed minutes in archives

2018
May 3, 2018 - Brush Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Nashville, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Barry Boggs
Vice-Moderator: John Koelz
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk: Rev. Steve Louder
2 printed minutes in archives

2020
No meeting due to COVID.

2022
May 5, 2023 - Jerusalem Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Moderator: Rev. Fred Polacek
Vice-Moderator:
Stated Clerk: Rev. Charles McCaskey
Assistant Stated Clerk:
2 printed minutes in archives and 1 digital file

2024
May 2, 2024 - Chapel Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Chapel Hill, Tennessee


Updated 20 March 2024

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