Flat Rock Church History

In 1880 the people of the aspiring community located five miles north of Henderson on Glyon Road (present day Satterwhite Point Rd) felt the need for some instructive teaching of the Bible for their children and a worship service for themselves. Silver Spring School, located across from what was known as "Cooper's Grove" was selected to serve as as the meeting place because it was conveniently located and easily accessible. Ministers and laymen of nearby communities were invited to conduct the services. Good attendance and growing interest soon proved the need for a larger meeting place. Ten years after the first service, in 1890 Flat Rock Protestant Church was organized with the charter members listed below.

In May 1890, the Thomas D. Hester family deeded to the trustees, land at the fork of Harris Mill Road and Glyon Road (present day Mabry Mill Road and Satterwhite Point Road). There is a wide, flat rock believed to be a vein from the rock of Greystone Quarry that runs beneath the ground in a very large area where the church is built; therefore, and appropriately so, the members chose Flat Rock Methodist Protestant Church as its name.

Excepts from History of Flat Rock Church article, by Estelle Hester Creech