Ebenezer United Methodist Church a community-oriented church, sharing the love of Jesus Christ through invitation, visitation and communication to all people. We will come together in unity of spirit and service seeking to meet our needs and the needs of others.
Faith in God and the Church have always been the foundation of the African American family. In the days of slavery, our belief in God and the Songs of Zion were an integral part of our spiritual and mental well-being. With deeply rooted beliefs and values, the African American community began the first black church in the Nolensville area. Worship services began in an old farm house located on the land that would eventually be purchased to build the first church.
PROV 3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Our Pastor - Reverend Cowan
Reverend Cowan is the proud parent of three outstanding children in their adult years. One daughter Adrienne Cowan who resides in Chicago, Illinois and works as an Account Executive for NIKE, second daughter Shantea Cowan is entering her 11th year as an Elementary teacher in the Fulton County School District in Atlanta GA. His son DuBois Cowan is beginning his eighth year as Manager of Chilies’ Restaurant also in Atlanta GA.
Reverend L. Stacy Cowan, born in Omaha Nebraska and reared in Shreveport, Louisiana where he attended Booker T. Washington High School graduating in 1963. He went on to attend Butler College in Tyler, Texas graduating in 1965. He graduated with a Diploma in Theology from Johnson Memorial Bible Institute in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His Bachelor of Arts in Religion was completed at Dallas Baptist University in Dallas, TX. It was at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary known as the largest seminary in the world where he was awarded the Master of Religious Education. He accomplished an additional largest seminary in the world feat by receiving the Master of Divinity from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta GA. Known as the largest African American Seminary in the world. His external PHD studies began at the Trinity Theological Seminary in Indiana is near completion.
Reverend Cowan has been in ministry spanning more than forty years. Starting as youth pastor at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Oklahoma City Oklahoma. He became the Assistant Pastor at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Dallas TX. before becoming Youth Pastor at the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church of the same city.
In 1978, he organized the King Memorial Missionary Baptist Church becoming its Founder and Senior Pastor. After serving the King Memorial Baptist Church for six years, he resigned and moved to Atlanta GA to pursue advanced educational opportunities. It was in June 1984 when he was appointed to the St. Paul United Methodist Church in the Southwest Texas Annual Conference. In 1985, he began his military career as an Air Force Chaplain serving in the North Western and Southern States of the USA and overseas serving in Korea, Hong Kong and Japan. His first appointment after his military career was in the Louisiana Annual Conference to the Phillips Memorial Church serving from 1998 to 2002. After a one-year sabbatical, he served in the North Georgia Annual Conference as Youth Pastor at the Newnan Chapel UMC from 2004 to 2007. In July 2007, he was appointed to the Morrison/Bascom UMC in the Tennessee Annual Conference before his present appointment to the Ebenezer UMC in Nolensville TN.
Services
| time | day | service |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM | Sunday | Sunday School |
| 11:00 AM | Sunday | Worship Service |
| 6:30 PM | Wednesday | Bible Study |
| 12:00 PM | 1st Monday after 1st Sunday | Older Adult Ministries Worship Service |