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History of the Cary Church of ChristThe present day congregation of the Lord's Church in Cary began meeting on the first Sunday of January 1970. Four families from Cary, worshipping at the congregation in Raleigh, decided to start a local work in the small but growing town. The founding group assembled over a store-front in downtown Cary on Chatham Street. One year later, in February 1971, the congregation moved in to their newly constructed building on Maynard Road. Members of the congregation did much of the construction on the building which would seat approximately 200 people in the auditorium. Within the first year, the congregation had grown to 10 families and 40 members. The Town of Cary, and the Raleigh/Durham area, continued to grow dramatically and the congregation prospered. Over the next 25 years, the congregation grew in number to almost 200 members. The location on Maynard Road would not accommodate the continued and anticipated growth so the search began for options to better serve the Lord's Church in the community. The town of Cary had grown in all directions and the property, situated near the convergence of the US1/64 freeway, Cary Parkway and Kildaire Farm Road, provided convenient access from anywhere in the Triangle area. In 1998 the Maynard Road location was sold and ground was broken on the seven acre tract on Tryon Road, our current location. After securing the land, the congregation worked to have the property annexed into the town and began constructing a facility that would seat 375 people in the auditorium, provide additional classrooms and fellowship areas, on a a single level. The first service was held in the new building on Sunday evening, December 31, 2000. The congregation consisted of approximately 87 families with average attendance of approximately 175 at Sunday morning worship services. Since 2000, the congregation has grown to almost 200 families with an average Sunday morning worship attendance of approximately 350 people, making it necessary to conduct two Sunday morning worship services. Our current property allows us to expand without moving locations. Working with the builder, we are able to effectively utilize the current location, purchased in 1998, adding valuable auditorium space, seating almost 600 people, additional number of classrooms, larger fellowship space and expanded parking. God has blessed this congregation through difficult times and the congregation has remained faithful to evangelizing the world, starting at our own front door. God has blessed us such that with these expanded facilities, we're able to host regional events such as the Carolina Lectures, the East Tennessee School of Preaching Lectures, Gospel Meetings, Ladies events, Youth Rallies, marriage enrichment seminars and financial improvement classes. Ministers who have worked with the congregation during these years include Wayne McDonald, John Starks, Rufus Bennett, Doug Cook, Bill Pendergrass, Bill Heinselman and Richard Bentley. It is our hope that we will once again be able to assemble together in a single Sunday morning worship service by May 2010. Throughout the years, and we pray it will always be, To God be The Glory! |
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