Massey’s Chapel was founded in 1855, although the current building was constructed in the early 1900s. The sanctuary was given a historical designation by Durham in the mid-1980s.
Previous pastors of Massey’s Chapel are:
Prior to 1931
W. P. Constable
William M. Jordan
John Tillett
R. S. Webb
J.J. Wren
F. B. Jackson, who wrote a history of the church through 1931
Betts
Tinnin
Waltz
1931 – 1932 F. F. Loftin
1933 A. C. Thompson
1934 L. L. Parish
1935 – 1936 M. C. Wilkerson
1937 Leon Crosno
1938 J. K Ormond
1939 – 1944 V. E. Queen
1945 – 1946 J. L. Joyce
1947 J. M. Bevin
1948 M. M. Meredith
1949 – 1950 Gervaise F. Peters
1951 – 1952 F. B. Wyand
1953 E. E. Hiatt
1954 – 1955 E. Owen Kellum
1956 – 1957 John E. Reed, Sr.
1958 – 1959 W. P. Carlson
1960 – 1962 Billy M. Carden
1963 E. M. Rideout
1964 – 1965 Samuel K. Harmon
1966 – 1968 Donald Phillips
1968 – 1969 Kenyon B. Wheeler
1970 – 1972 Neil E. Smith
1973 – 1975 Wayne L. Gooch
1976 – 1977 W. M. Gardner
1978 Harvey and Gayle Estes
1979 Samuel Dixon
1980 – 1984 Michael D. Weber
1985 – 1988 Mary Cartwright
1989 – 1998 Marilyn Shipman
1998 Eric Murray, interim
1998 – 1999 Ross Thompson
1999 – 2001 Vann Spivey
2001 – 2009 Edwin Wray
2009 – 2011 Susan White
2011 Laurie Coffman
2012 – 2019 Kathy Kirkpatrick
2019 – 2025 Cheryl Lawrence
2025 – present Laure Kalau