Who We Are
Welcome to Knoxville Christian Center! We're so glad you're here! Check out this page to find out more about who we are and what we believe. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Our Leadership
Dr. Barry & Dottie Culberson
Founder & Senior Pastor / Lead Pastor – Sunday Children’s Church
Dr. Barry Culberson is the founder and Senior Pastor of Knoxville Christian Center. He is passionate about reaching the community for Christ and strongly believes in prayer and fasting. He is committed to teaching Christians how to walk in victory and develop a successful prayer life. Dr. Barry Culberson is a graduate of Shorter College, Southern Baptist Seminary, and has a Doctorate of Ministry from Oral Roberts University.
Dottie Culberson is the Lead Pastor of our Sunday morning Children’s Church. She is also the author and storyteller of faith-based podcasts engaging children and adults with God’s Word.
Church History
In 1980 Dr. Barry and Dottie Culberson felt God urging them to leave their church in Lexington, Kentucky, and come to Knoxville to start a new church. By faith they left their beautiful new home and brought their one-year-old daughter to a city where they knew no one. The Knoxville Christian Center’s first service at the Ramada Inn was attended by only 28 people. It seemed improbable that such a small church could impact Knoxville significantly. However the improbable became reality. Our outreaches began. In 1981 Pastor Barry, began reaching out to the community through free contemporary Christian music concerts. His radio broadcast “Walk In Victory” was aired every weekday on radio. And the church grew rapidly. In 1990 KCC decided to begin each year with 21 Days of Fasting and Prayer, and since that time the church has experienced an even greater move of the Holy Spirit. In 1998 the church received a large donation totaling $1.6 million. This miracle donation enabled Knoxville Christian Center to offer even greater outreach possibilities to the East Tennessee area. Multitudes of people were reached for Christ.
Thousands have attended our Christian Family Nights concerts yearly. We promoted one, and many times two, concerts a month. Our goal since 1982 in sponsoring Christian music concerts has been to bless the Christian community and to win people to the Lord. As a result, multitudes have heard and accepted Jesus as their Savior over the last 37 years.
All of the ministries at the Knoxville Christian Center have a common objective – to reach the lost with the Gospel. This is our heart. This is our calling. The combined efforts of all our outreach ministries continue to produce a great harvest of souls. We invite you to join arms with us as we “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to all creation.”
What We Believe
The Bible is the inspired and only infallible, authoritative Word of God. (2 Tim. 3:16)
There is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. (2 Cor. 13:14)
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal future return to His earth in power and glory. (Matt. 16:16, 1 Cor. 15:34)
The only means to be cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 1:18, 19)
Regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation.
The redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing for the human body in answer to believing prayer. (1 Peter 2:24)
The baptism of the Holy Spirit, according to Acts 2:4, is given to believers who ask for it. (Acts 2:39)
The sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit enables believers to live godly lives. (Gal. 5:16)
We believe in the resurrection of the saved and the lost. The saved to everlasting life and the lost to everlasting damnation. (John 5:28, 19)