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Last Updated: Dec 19, 2012 03:29 PM

[Note the the policy below is a draft statement subject to revision by Piperton UMC and its agents until final ratification by the Piperton UMC Church Council. While the statement below reflects the general intent and purpose of Piperton UMC with regard to privacy, it is not yet a binding document. It is posted here for the purpose of revision and drafting. --Web Mgr.]

Piperton United Methodist Church intends to provide you with news, information, and services to further your discipleship. Sharing your personal information does not help us to meet that goal, so we won't do it. Our commitment to privacy is stated below.

We respect the privacy of our newsletter subscribers, members, visitors, those who answer our surveys, and those who fill out our questionnaires. We will not use information in any way that is not in keeping with the stated purpose provided at the time of collecting the information.

1. Choice and consent. We respect the purpose for which our website visitors gave us information. We give users choice and consent over how their personal information is used, and remove site users immediately upon request.

2. Third party use. We do not sell, rent, or loan our subscriber or customer lists to third parties for e-mail marketing. We never allow third parties any other use of these subscriber lists. If a third party requests access to our list AND church leaders find their purpose to be in keeping with our purposes THEN we will send an invitation to our list to join their list, but we will never simply hand over your information.

3. Unsubscriptions. We send our newsletters, visitor packs, and other promotional materials only to those who request them (that is, opt-in). We make use of "user control" software which allows the end-user to unsubscribe immediately upon request. There is, ostensibly, no waiting period for unsubscribing to become effective. Our welcome message to subscribers, prayer chain e-mails, and every issue of our eNewsletter clearly provide contact information that may be used to unsubscribe. Further, if a user is unable or even unwilling to unsubscribe himself or herself, we pledge to manually remove any subscriber upon request in a timely manner.

4. Cookies. Our website uses cookies (small packets of information stored on user computers) in a responsible manner to help our visitors, not snoop on them. We use cookies to allow website users to store passwords in cookies if they desire. We do NOT collect or use information from cookies to develop a profile about our visitors.

If you have any concerns or questions about our privacy policy or information collected on our sites, please contact the church offices.

Piperton UMC
Attn: Privacy Policy
785 Highway 57
Piperton, TN 38017

Church Office Phone
901 853-2654

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Last Updated: Feb 15, 2023 11:44 AM

Mission

The mission of the Church is to know, love and serve Christ.

Vision

To transform lives, to transform our community and to renew the mainline church.

Purpose

To build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians.

Key Strategies

• Meaningful Worship

• Authentic Evangelism

• Challenging Service

• Accountable Discipleship

• Christian Fellowship

The Primary Task of the Congregation

• To reach out to others, accepting them as they are, and receiving them into the fellowship of the church

• To help people relate their lives to God

• To strengthen them in their faith and discipleship

• To send them out and to support them as they make their communities more loving and just

Identified Obstacles

We pledge that we will not:

· pursue ministry which is contrary to our purpose

· fail to be good stewards of its financial and non-financial resources

· do anything contrary to the spirit and intent of the United Methodist Book of Discipline

· stray from the principles of Scripture

· stop discerning God's vision for the People of Piperton United Methodist Church

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Last Updated: Jan 09, 2020 10:11 AM

Directions to Piperton United Methodist Church:

Piperton United Methodist Church is located in Fayette County at 785 Highway 57 East, Piperton, TN 38017-5282.

We are just a half mile east of the intersection of Highway 385/269 and Highway 57 (known commonly as Poplar Avenue in Shelby County).

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Last Updated: May 03, 2024 02:07 AM

Birth of a Church Community

In 1873, Samuel Piper (for whom the town was later named) arrived in Piperton and began a bible study group. The first services, at what was then Piperton Church, were held in a little red schoolhouse on the Old State Line Road east of the Piper Store beginning in 1880.

After a short period of time, this location was not considered a satisfactory place as young people raced their buggies up and down the road and cock fights were commonly being held on Sundays. To stop these activities, Samuel Piper allowed services to be held upstairs in his store. However, this meeting place was small and hard to reach by the narrow outside steps leading to it.

In 1892, Samuel Piper decided to build a church where the people of the community could attend Sunday school. He built the church, made of local poplar, on the Old State Line Road across from his store and sent to Atlanta for Bibles and other literature. Only one photograph is known to exist of this structure.

Services were conducted under several different denominations throughout the next sixty years. These included Baptist, Primitive Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, and other various Christian Ministers as part of a Circuit Rider group.

Becoming Methodist

The first full-time pastor was Dr. James Crichton of The Mid South Bible College (for whom the college would later be named: Crichton College ) in 1953. He would later resign his position and become President of The Mid South Bible College in 1959. At that time, Piperton Church became a part of the Memphis South District of the Memphis Annual Conference of the Methodist Church under the direction of Dr. William S. Evans, District Superintendent and was renamed Piperton United Methodist Church. In 1959, Rev. James Simons became the first Methodist Minister for Piperton United Methodist Church. With a congregation of only 16 active members, Rev. Simons began to grow the church at such a fast rate that by 1960 the church had a great need for more space to hold worship.

A New Home

In 1961, Rev. Simons and the Congregation of Piperton UMC built the present building. At a cost of thirty-five thousand dollars, a new church accommodating 250 people was erected approximately one mile east of Collierville on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Webb Piper, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Perry Piper. The Pipers gave equal amounts of land running the length of their property line. Church members reportedly picked cotton and had bake sales to raise money to help pay for the sanctuary. Over the years, the Piper family has continued to endow the church when in need.

Expansion of Fellowship

In 1982, a 40’ x 60’ steel fellowship and activities building was completed west of the sanctuary. Mr. Perry Piper donated a large sum of money to finish the payments so we could be “debt-free by 83.” This building was dedicated in honor of the Piper family and named “Piper Hall.” Continued support from the Piper family came again in 1994 when Mr. Paul Piper donated a new organ for the sanctuary in memory of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Webb Piper, Sr.

A Decade of Growth

Since 1999 many improvements have been made to the church and grounds. Several of these were made possible by James and Kathy Watson’s generous gifts. The gravel parking areas have been paved and the restrooms in the Sunday school building and Piper Hall have been renovated. Fourteen stained glass windows have been installed in the sanctuary, and renovations have included increasing the size of the choir and pulpit areas. Also new carpet, light fixtures, and a fresh coat of paint have brightened the sanctuary and Sunday school.

In 2004-2005, an additional acre of land was purchased north of the main church building. On this acre sits a nice brick home which presently houses the church office and meeting room. In 2006, Alpha Chemical donated to the east of the brick home one acre of land so that the property line was squared. These two tracts of additional land nearly doubled the property size.

In 2009 the garage workshop behind Kathy's House was converted into Church and Pastor's offices and a new adult classroom was renovated for a new younger adult class.

 A new pavilion dedicated in memory of Dr. Thomas R. Wilson, Jr. was added to the front of Piper Hall.

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