Peachtree Presbyterian Church
Peachtree Presbyterian Church is a megachurch located in Atlanta, Georgia, and a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Peachtree averages about 3200 in weekly worship at two venues on both sides of Roswell Road in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, and is one of the largest Presbyterian congregations in the United States of America. History Peachtree began as a Sunday school for children in Atlanta founded in 1910. The church itself was chartered on November 3, 1919. The original church was a gray granite building built in 1926 at the corner of Peachtree Road and Mathieson Drive. The congregation grew steadily, and moved to its present location at 3434 Roswell Road in the Buckhead area of Atlanta in May 1960, where the church campus now covers . In September 1999 the church opened a large, modern recreation center which includes two basketball courts. The Gym at Peachtree offers a range of fitness and recreational programs, which the church sees as an integral part of the ministry. By 1992 the church had the largest Presbyterian congregation in the US. The senior pastor at the time, Rev. W. Frank Harrington, grew the church from fewer than 3,000 members in 1971 to more