Christ the

King Charismatic Episcopal Church was begun in a home in

September 1996 with 19 people in attendance. The

congregation is now home to 150 people.

Though

currently meeting at the Carmichael-Hemperley Funeral

Home, Peachtree City, the church will close out in

January on property just over the Coweta County line.

The mission

of a Charismatic Episcopal Church is to bring the rich

sacramental and liturgical heritage of the early church,

the power of Pentecost, and the infallible truth of

scripture together in one expression of Christ's church

for this generation; to provide a home for all Christians

who seek a vital, powerful, energetic and yet stable

church in which to grow up in love with one another and

in the knowledge and love of God, according to pastor the

Rev. Canon W. David Epps.

Also the

church's founder, Epps has been in the ministry for 30

years. Born and reared in Kingsport, Tenn., he served in

the Marine Corps for two years, and was graduated from

East Tennessee State University in 1975 with a degree in

social work. He was reared a United Methodist and

pastored for several years during college.

He received

his doctorate of ministry at Berean Graduate School of

Theology, in Wichita, Kans. in 1981.

He has

pastored in Tennessee and Colorado and came to Peachtree

City 16 years ago. He served at Fayette Fellowship, now

Trinity Fellowship, for 13 years.

Epps' wife,

Cindy, she is a commissioned minister. They met at

college in a speech class and she is an assistant

professor of nursing at the State University of West

Georgia. Married in 1971, they are the parents of Jason,

27, who is a detective for Peachtree City; John, 25, who

is self-employed in the sign industry in Newnan, and

James, 18, who is in the Air Force linguistic school,

studying Chinese. There are four grandchildren.

Epps serves

as a volunteer chaplain to the Peachtree City Police

Department, the Fayette County Sheriff's Office, and the

Senoia Police Department. He is a Certified Master

Chaplain.

Sunday

morning worship is at 10 a.m. in the Carmichael-Hemperley

Funeral Home, Ga. Highway 74 north and Senoia Road. It

can be reached at 770-251-2760. The e-mail address is [email protected] .

The founding pastor of

Christ the King Charismatic Episcopal Church is the Rev.

Canon W. David Epps.