SEYMOUR, Tenn. (WVLT) -- With a hammer and nail, they aim to give a congregation a home. Volunteers and members of Seymour's Summit Church are working hard to move their Sunday mornings indoors.

"We meet in the parking lot," says Senior Pastor Bryan McKnight. "Our kids meet at a driving range, our nursery is at hair design." For now, that's outside their new space at 8729 Chapman Highway. "It just seemed to be the perfect place for us. Rather than building a new building, we wanted to put life into an old place."

That old place is raising some eyebrows though, sandwiched in-between a massage business and a bar. "We didn't do this to flatten the face of anybody. We did this because South Knox needs a community revamping," says McKnight.

Daniel's Bar and Grille has been in its location for about twenty years, says a staffer. She wouldn't speak on camera, but called the move, "a double standard," says they'd never be able to move in, had the church been there first.

McKnight says the owner of the Asian Healthy Massage center is friendly with the Summit's crowd. She shared concerns with Volunteer TV News, saying she's considering moving because the church's proximity makes her customers uncomfortable.

"The morality is why we put a church between a bar and a massage parlor," says McKnight. Even the church's space was last a honky-tonk sports bar. "We came in took up the dance floor, took out the mechanical bull, broke down the bar."

A local contractor has volunteered his efforts to the project. With the help of other skilled church members, the group has gutted the building. "We basically have started over from scratch with everything from the plumbing to framing, all of the wiring, electrical stuff has had to be redone," says John Hauker, a contractor who attends the Summit.

Saturday members of the Wears Valley Boy Scout Troop #278 were lending a hand as well. "It makes me feel pretty good," says Tyler Hillger, 14, "Since I've been helping out, it makes you want to help out more."

McKnight says that's the spirit he wants to cultivate to get the building finished by Thanksgiving. They continue to meet in the building's parking lot, weather permitting. For more information about the Summit Church, you can click on the link below.