Zion Baptist Church Reacts To Highway 351 And Zion Road Construction

More than 600 people attend Zion Baptist Church on Sunday mornings.

The church sits along highway 351 and Zion road in Henderson, where construction is already underway to make the road safer for drivers.

"The biggest concern is that curve on the road and at night if you're not used to it, it can be a dangerous curve to negotiate," said Worship Pastor Bill Chase.

The road work will directly affect people driving to and from Zion Baptist. In an effort to get ahead of the construction, the church has already begun to communicate detour information to the congregation.

"We've put some fliers in our worship bulletins in the last couple of weeks. With those detours we also have all that detour information on our website and just really trying to communicate it to them," said Equipping Pastor Dr. Marcus Daly.

The church made a map of four detour routes and posted it to their website to help people get to church once Zion road closes. Church member Renee Russell says she tried one of the routes and it took her longer than she expected.

"An extra like fifteen to twenty minutes to me it did. It felt likeI was going on a long trip," said Renee Russell.

Pastor Bill Chase says he is more worried about newcomers trying to visit the church for the first time, but he is glad the dangerous road will soon be fixed.

"Our biggest concern is the person who doesn't know anything at all and they're just driving out highway 351 and they get to this construction site and don't know what to do," said Chase.

Ultimately, the church feels they will not lose their congregation presence because of the road construction.

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Zion Baptist Church Reacts To Highway 351 And Zion Road Construction