History of Parkway United Church of Christ
1930 Merger between two denominations: Congregational
Church and Christian Church
1931 Ours was the first new congregation in the
country to form under the merged Congregational Christian Church.
Services
were held at the Winston-Salem YMCA.
1933 Groundbreaking for the 1st
Congregational Church of Winston-Salem on Academy Street.
1934 Invited the newly formed St. Timothys Episcopal
Church to share our building until their own construction was completed.
1957 A new denomination called The United Church of
Christ was formed as a result of a merger between the Congregational
Christian
Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church.
1960 New Church building was constructed on the corner
of Irving Street and Silas Creek Parkway. Name was changed to Parkway
United Church of Christ.
1970 First church expansion: added a small
Fellowship Hall to the back of the church.
1997 Second church expansion: added current
Fellowship Hall, the "Tree House in the Woods.
2007 Tom Mann retired as pastor after 23 years of serving
Parkway UCC. Gene Derryberry was brought in as Intentional Interim
Minster to help the Transition Team and congregation with the process of
finding a new pastor.