True Life Church History:

Jimmy Inman is the Church Planter/Founding Pastor of True Life Church. Jimmy and his wife, Robin, were both born and raised in Morristown. They married in 1990 and moved to Wake Forest, North Carolina in January of 1993 for Jimmy to attend seminary. He graduated in December of 1995. They moved back to Morristown for a few months but then moved to Frederick, Maryland where Jimmy pastored Berean Baptist Church for almost six years.

During their time in Frederick, the Inmans would come back to East Tennessee to visit a few times each year, and Robin and Jimmy would often have conversations regarding the need for a contemporary style Baptist church in the Lakeway area. They believed that someone should start this type of non-traditional church but believed it was someone else other than them because God had called them to Maryland.

However, around Christmas of 2001, they began to sense that God was possibly calling them back to Morristown to start a new church. At that point, they were not sure if God was leading them in that direction and they thought if he was that it was at least a couple of years down the road so they committed to pray about the possibility.

In May of 2002, however, God showed them that the time was now. After wrestling with the magnitude of the decision and praying and seeking godly counsel to make sure, they made a definite decision on June 25th to leave Frederick and move back to Morristown to plant a church. Jimmy announced his resignation to Berean on July 7th. His last Sunday at the church was August 4th, and the family moved to Morristown on August 8th.

They began by trying to put together a core group of dedicated Christians who shared their vision and felt called to work together to plant a "biblical church with a contemporary style." God raised up a few dedicated and godly families who have worked together to lay the foundation for the new church. The core group began meeting together for worship, prayer, Bible study, and planning at the home of Keith and Lonna Rickard in September.

In November, True Life signed a three-year lease with Wayne and Sherry Williams to occupy a 7,000 square foot building located at 1104 East Highway 11E in Jefferson County. The official Kickoff Service was held on January 5, 2003.

The church is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and is sponsored by Morningside Baptist Church in Morristown, the Nolachucky Baptist Association, and the Tennessee Baptist Convention.

True Life officially constituted as a church on January 9, 2005.  Before then, it was under Morningside's umbrella.

True Life's mission is to meet people where they are and help them become fully devoted followers of Christ. The Bible is the standard for all things at True Life. However, the church is attempting to meet people where they are in their lives. The style is casual, contemporary, and non-traditional.

God has led each step of the way in the planting of True Life Church. He has provided in marvelous and miraculous ways. We trust that He will continue to do so in the future. We are excited about the lives that the Lord is going to touch through this church.