A church with a heart for

ministry, the First Christian Church of Tyrone is

dedicated to the biblical idea that every believer is

called by God to serve in His Kingdom.

This congregation of 400

members first began in 1899 under a brush arbor in

College Park, moved to Old National Highway in 1966 and

again relocated, this time to Tyrone in 1995.

They believe that in order

to have a heart for ministry, members must worship

regularly, serve eagerly, give generously and live

worthily. Only when members accept the challenge to take

part in each of these concepts can the church call itself

Christian and become a church with a heart for ministry,

church leaders say.

The senior pastor is the

Rev. Wye Huxford. He was born and reared in Berkely

County, S.C.

He first felt called into

the ministry as a teenager and was graduated from Atlanta

Christian College with a degree in Christian ministry and

the Cincinnati Christian Seminary, where he majored in

New Testament and theology.

His first church was in

Kentucky and then he came to Georgia in 1976 as a

professor of Greek and New Testament at Atlanta Christian

College. He still serves as an adjunct faculty member.

Called to the First

Christian Church in 1983 as interim pastor, he was called

a year later to serve as its senior minister.

He has been married to

Vicky since 1973, and they are the parents of Sarah, a

junior at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., and

Bethany, who is a senior at Sandy Creek High School.

What direction would he

like the congregation to go from here? "I would like

to see us become even more involved in missions around

the world," he said.

Sunday morning worship is

at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday evenings at 5:45 p.m. is a fellowship meal,

with adult Bible study electives at 6:30 p.m.

The church is at 294

Jenkins Road, Tyrone, and it can be reached at

770-969-7346.

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