First, we started with 7 people meeting in our home for prayer and guidance while considering the thought of planting a church. We soon grew too large to meet in our home and approached Mr. Tony Kennedy, owner of Wally’s Restaurants, about using space in his restaurant. We began to meet in a banquet room at Wally's Restaurant in East Ridge, Tennessee. 

Then, as we outgrew that space, Northside Baptist Church in North Chattanooga provide us an unused wing in their church where then we were able to have some Sunday School rooms. Our church doubled in size while at the Northside location. After knocking out a wall and expanding as much as possible we knew we were at our limits again.

God led us to a small church building on Pineville Road, which we rented for 1 year before being able to purchase it. Then, about 2 weeks after closing on the purchase of that building on Pineville Road, God sent Pastor Richard Goble our way. The church in which he was pastoring (which incidentally was debt free) was within about 3 weeks of shutting their doors. Their membership had dwindled down to less than 25 adults and they could not meet the cost of maintaining the facility and paying the Pastor a small salary.

On September 3, 2006, God performed a miracle.  Crosspoint Community Church merged with One Accord Community Church with unanimous votes of both congregations to approve the merger. A new church family was birthed and a new vision for ministry to the community of Ridgecrest and greater Red Bank took shape. We made it known we were there to be a vital part of the community and would not exclude anyone for any reason.

Our vision is to minister to the broken, the outcast and those that other churches shy away from. We began by prayer walking the neighborhood around the church immediately and had teams knocking on doors passing out the JESUS video. The community soon learned we were there to help and not to condemn them but to restore them. Our next project will be building a Family Life Center which will be available several nights a week to the people in the community for fun, fellowship, spiritual growth and learning about Christ.

On June 10, 2007 One Accord celebrated three years since it's birth as a church plant. We are now recognized as a full church and have already began supporting new church plants as they grow and mature.