Tenth Street United Methodist Church Atlanta

Tenth Street United Methodist Church is located in the Home Park community, at the northern rim of the Georgia Tech campus, and a short walk from Atlantic Station. We are strategically positioned to serve downtown Atlanta.

This covenant congregation has been housed in its yellow brick building with a Sunday morning bell ringing steeple since 1952. The Home Park Community Improvement Association and the Home Park Learning Center were begun and continue to be nourished by the Tenth Street congregation. Camp Wesley, a summer camp for inner-city children, located in South Fulton County has been a mission outreach, supported by monetary gifts and participation in "Wesley's Walk for Others" since 1982. Tenth Street church has an annual BBQ in May and yard sale in the fall.

Together we are a "downhome, downtown family". Everyone is welcome home to Tenth Street.

 

 

History of the Church

(Written originally in 1951, updated by Rev. Susan Barnes)
On Thursday, March 22, 1951, members of four merging congregations(Center Street/Warren Candler, Hemphill Avenue, Payne Memorial, and St. James) met to consider construction of a sanctuary and educational unit for the combined congregation. Mr. L.D. Jolly, chairman of the building committee, convened the meeting and reported that an adequate facility would cost approximately $85,000. Those present adopted a resolution authorizing the committee to proceed with construction on a proposed Tenth Street Lot. On Sunday, April 1, 1951, a ground-breaking service was held on the lot with Bishop Arthur J. Moore as the speaker. There were over 400 present. Excavation was begun on April 18th ; foundation footings were poured on April 25th , and by October 21, 1951, the three-story Educational Unit was occupied. The congregation, whose membership was 900, worshiped in the Fellowship Hall. During the following year the sanctuary was constructed and on October 5, 1952, the young congregation held its first worship service in the newly completed sanctuary. The next session of the North Georgia Annual Conference recorded Tenth Street membership at 910 and average Sunday School attendance at 474. That year marked a peak in the church's membership. During the 1970's and 1980's Tenth Street Church lead in the organization of the Home Park Community Improvement Association (HPCIA), the Home Park Child Care Center (HPCCC)[later known as the Home Park Learning Center], and the Northside Shepherd's Center (NSC). The HPCIA received its articles of incorporation in 1972. At that time, the address registered for the corporation was 1061 Atlantic Drive, the home of A.N. ("Jug") Harris. Jug served as it's director and the other eight board positions were filled by the Reverends Kenneth Kulp and Frank Windom (pastor and associate pastor at Tenth Street), W.B. Hayward, Mary Margaret Ware, William P. Groover, William Ward, Mrs. W.C. Bowen, and James Shivers. The HPCIA was established for the purpose of operating the HPCCC as a non-profit child care facility serving the Home Park community and its neighbors. HPCCC had already been operating for three years in the basement of and as a mission project of Tenth Street Methodist. The Northside Shepherd's Center (NSC) was incorporated on May 24, 1976 under the sponsorship of Tenth Street UMC and the leadership of its pastors, Ken Kulp and Frank Windom. The goal of the NSC is to minister to the needs of older adults. Tenth Street continues to participate these and other community ministries. We have several other groups meeting in our building on a regular basis: including the "In Town Down Home" dulcimer group, the executive boards of the North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association and the Georgia State University Wesley Foundation, and The Atlanta Chinese Christian Campus Fellowship.Please see our listing of Activities and our Calendar for information on-going church activities. The following ministers have served at Tenth Street UMC:

• Harold Cochran 1952 - 1955
• Carl McGrady 1955 - 1958
• Paul F. Wohlgemuth 1958 - 1961
• Henry G. O'Bryant 1961 - 1963
• Ryan H. Seawright 1963 - 1968
• Paul Merrill Minter 1968 - 1971
• E. Kenneth Kulp 1971 - 1977
• C. Thomas Tout 1977 - 1984
• George B. Owen, Jr. 1984 - 1990
• R. Lee Fullerton 1990 - 1995
• Virginia DuPre 1995 - 1997
• Susan P. Barnes 1997 - 2003
• Ted Rollins 2003 - 2007
• Joe Gunby 2007 - Present

Links  

United Methodist

• United Methodist Church
• North Georgia United Methodist Conference

Home Park Community

• Home Park Community Improvement Association
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Georgia Tech Wesley Foundation