Who Are We
We are a relatively new church comprised of friendly, charitable, and welcoming people who love God and love each other. We held our first worship service on May 16, 2021, at the Smoky Mountain Heritage Center in Townsend. Since then, we have grown to over 115 members and have joined the new Global Methodist Church effective September, 2022. Our theology is traditional, Bible based, orthodox Christianity.
We are currently holding our services in the auditorium at Heritage High School while we build our church on a piece of property we own across the street.
Core Values
Our Mission is to make Disciples of Jesus Christ.
At Smoky Mountain Global Methodist Church (SMGMC) our core values are based on the Authority of the Bible which we regard as God’s Holy Word. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3.16, 17.
Our values are summed up well in The Apostles’ Creed which we profess each Sunday.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord:
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
Meet Our Pastor
Rev Parker & Carol Benson
After serving in the United States Navy, Parker received his B.S. in Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (’83), and his M.Ed from West Georgia College in Carrollton (’88).
Parker taught school and coached football and wrestling for 16 years in Dalton, Georgia, before entering the ministry in 1996. Parker attended The Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, where he received his Masters of Divinity in 1999.
Rev. Benson has pastored 5 churches: Union Point United Methodist Church, Tate UMC, Bethlehem First UMC – all in Georgia, and then Maryville First UMC and Walland UMC in Tennessee. Rev. Benson became the Pastor of Smoky Mountain Global Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee on May 16, 2021.
