We believe Jesus is the Christ is the son of the Living God.

The Lascassas Church of Christ was originally called the Nazareth Christian Church and then the Nazareth Church of Christ. The churches in Rutherford County bore the name Christian Church until about 1908. At that time, 65 members left the East Main Street Christian Church to establish the Central Christian Church where they could affiliate with a national missionary society and have an organ in their worship service. It was at this time that other Christian Churches in the county changed their names to Churches of Christ.

Although it is not known exactly where the early Christians met in this area, the date on our building reads 1872. Early organizers include Silas McHenry, Sr., Arch Hight, G. E. Bradley, Wesley Rucker, James C. Reeves, M. B. White and James W. Dill. In 1877, the Christians worshipped in a one-room building, 50 feet by 60 feet, made of lumber, hand-hewn. It was located on the McHenry farm east of Lofton and on the south side of Liberty Pike, which ran past the Adam S. Butler Cave, and on to the town of Liberty. That portion of the road is no longer in existence. Evangelist Thomas Wesley Brents preached the first sermon in the new building and Jesse Sewell was the minister. He was paid by 48 men and 2 ladies of the congregation pledging from $1.00 to $7.00 each.

In 1911, a log building that had been used as a school was rolled north to the Dill farm on Lascassas-Milton Road. The Christians worshipped there for 43 years, with few changes made to the building except weather-boarding being applied and the building painted white. Bird Florida and B. F. Jordan were two of the church leaders during this time, and Mr. Jordan donated the communion table that is still being used today. Some of the early Lascassas Christians prior to the 1930s still have family members who worship here. The late Thelma Herrod McElroy (Patsy Morris’ mother), the late Mollie Bowen Floyd (mother of our Emma Jean Vaught & Betty McCullough), the late Jim Bowen (his wife, Mary Belle and his son, David, are currently living at Stones River Manor), and the late Ben Brown (father of Buddy) are names listed in church records as children at that time. Records later also show that in the early to mid 1940s some of the younger people included present members Earl McCrary, Frank Caffy, Joe McElroy, and later, Linda McCrary (Brown), Buddy Brown, and Patsy McElroy (Morris).