Frankling, TN, April 30, 2026
St Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church in Franklin, TN
A newly established Orthodox Christian mission church in the Nashville area is urgently raising capital to purchase its own building.
The Orthodox Christian Mission of Franklin, a daughter mission of St. Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church in Franklin, has already identified the building it hopes to purchase.
St. Ignatius Church posted an announcement on April 28 stating that the mission has found a building and describing the opportunity as real. The post noted that St. Ignatius itself has been experiencing growth, with the church “bursting at the seams.”
“We need to raise a significant amount of capital quickly to make this happen—and we’re asking our extended St. Ignatius family, near and far, to help us answer this call,” the announcement states.
The mission church describes itself as a newly planted congregation under the spiritual oversight of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. According to its website, the mission exists to bring Orthodox Christianity to the people of Franklin and Williamson County.
St. Ignatius Church, which was established in February 1987 when approximately 200 members of the Evangelical Orthodox Church were chrismated by His Eminence Metropolitan Philip, built its first church in 1986. The parish’s current building was constructed in 2012.
Donations to support the mission can be made online. All offerings are processed securely through St. Ignatius Orthodox Church.
Follow OrthoChristian on Facebook, Twitter, Vkontakte, Telegram, WhatsApp, MeWe and Gab!
