Chattanooga Lookout Valley Church of the Nazarene

What are services like?
We take the word "service" literally. Not only do we come to be uplifted and refueled as a result of our journey in the world, we seek to pour ourselves out for others like Christ. We find this happens in our worship where we are confronted by the life-changing power of the Holy Spirit through song, scripture, and the giving of our time, talent, and treasure. Music is a blend of traditional hymns and gospel songs, contemporary music, and even blue grass. Like the Spirit we are not tied down to a set of regulations. Worship arises organically from the pews as we live out the journey of faith.

What is the community like?
We are a serving church. We are an affirming church. We are a challenging church. We are a real church.

What if I'm not a Christian?
Since when did sharing the love of Christ become predicated upon someone's faith/non-faith tradition?

Leadership

Joshua Fite

Rev. Joshua Fite spent his life in the church as a pastor’s kid–growing up on the South Carolina district where his father currently serves. He was saved on December 1, 1996 and relented his heart to the sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit while attending a camp meeting in Hobe Sound, FL in February of 1999. It was around that altar that Joshua was called to preach and in the fall of 1999 he attended Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN. Joshua graduated from TNU in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion with a double minor in Hebrew and Greek. In the fall of 2004 Joshua entered the Vanderbilt University Divinity School where he earned his Master of Divinity in December of 2007. During his years in Nashville Joshua married Michelle (Yarbrough) Fite also from South Carolina in July of 2000. They have three beautiful daughters. Trinity who is 8, Eliana who is 7, and Kaiyah who is 4. Michelle worked as the Resident Director for Junior/Senior housing at Trevecca from 2001 to 2009. During this time Joshua served part-time at Center Point Church of the Nazarene in Nashville from 2006 to 2008 and from there went to Spring Hill to serve the Christ Chapel church from 2008 to 2009. Pastor Josh has been at Lookout Valley Church of the Nazarene since August 2, 2009.