Pisgah is a special place. After all, who ever heard of a church with ... tennis courts and horses grazing on acres of rolling Bluegrass that the church grounds encompasses. But that's not all. On the thirty acres of church land, there is a farming operation ... Then there is a stone church building with priceless stained glass windows, a dignified and charming stone chapel which housed the original Kentucky Academy, that pioneer educational institution to which President George Washington, among others, contributed. There is also an historic cemetery that could pass for an English church yard, wherein lie the remains of seven Revolutionary soldiers. With all this, this writer is certain that there is no other place quite like Pisgah.
For some, it would be special enough if Pisgah were but a shrine, pointing back to a storied past; or even ruins of a by-gone era merely to be contemplated as a fine relic. But Pisgah isn't a ruin or a monument to the past. It is a thriving church where, for two hundred years, beginning in the year 1784, the people of the community have worshipped and celebrated the sacraments of the Christian faith. It is where they have married, baptized their children, confessed their sins, buried their loved ones, and were themselves buried. This cycle of worship and life has gone on uninterrupted for these two hundred years, during which time the people of Pisgah have sought the Grace of God on 10,400 consecutive Sundays!
Thomas Morgan Ward, Sr.
Minister of the Pisgah Church 1965-1969
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