Biker Church Huntsville
at Antioch
History of Biker Church Huntsville
2009-2011
Sometime in 2009, Bear and Cynthia McGregor, met a need within the motorcycle community by organizing and starting a Biker Church.
This unconventional "church" was in a bar. According to an article published on AL.COM, "With pool tables in the "sanctuary", neon beer signs in the choir loft and clean ash trays by each pew. The congregation is wearing jeans and leather, most with a few tattoos decorating their skin. A few of the patches on the jackets sport slogans that wouldn't pass muster for family television, much less Sunday school. Many men, and there are more men than women, wear their hair in a long braid and most arrived on motorcycles parked outside the door..." (article by Kay Campbell)
"It's a church were the benediction's 'amen' is punctuated by the 'kplphfzzz' when the bartender opens the first bottle of beer of the morning."
In 2011, Bear stepped down, and the reins of Biker Church were handed to Willis "Wild Bill" Jorgensen.
2011 - 2019
"This is a come-as-you-are, come-when-you-can church", "Wild Bill" said. He was a big man who rode a big bike - a gleaming white and silver Harley Davidson Ultra Classic, his billowy white Fu Manchu moustache is usually in motion from his smiles!
Bill was a lay minister trained and mentored by the pastors at Central Assembly of God in Huntsville. He volunteered in prison ministry for 10+ years, he also was president of Wheels of Faith Motorcycle Ministry, Chapter 39 until his death in 2021.
In 2013, Biker Church Huntsville was forced to relocate due to the closing of Blackwater Hattie's. The church moved and held services at Bandito Burrito Southside. Biker Church continued to meet at Bandito Southside until around 2016, the church began meeting at Huntsville Mobile Home Estates until 2019.
2019-2022
The church moved into the Roadhouse at Rocket Harley Davidson (now Redstone Harley Davidson), where services were held after hours. "Wild Bill" continued to bring messages of hope and love to the Biker community and even to those who were visiting the dealership!
"Wild Bill" passed away February 2, 2021. Upon his passing, his wife, Beth, passed the torch to Carl Elliott, after watching and praying for the person that God had chosen to continue the legacy that Bill had built.
The church continued meeting at Redstone Harley Davidson until 2022, because the distance was beginning to effect attendance, and a decision was made to look for something closer into Huntsville.
2022-2025
The pastor at Meadow Drive Baptist Church heard that we were looking for a building to house Biker Church Huntsville. He graciously offered the use of their building for evening services on Sunday, since they didn't offer them. It was different, meeting in a church building versus a bar, but we took him up on the offer. We continue to have services at 1000 Meadow Drive, although the church as purchased by First Baptist Church and will be turned into a community center to reach residents in the Terry Heights community.
In March 2025, we left Meadow Drive/First Baptist Church in order for the renovations into the community center.
2025 - present
On March 2, 2025, Pastor Curtis Eason (of Antioch), overheard a conversation regarding Biker Church looking for a new location, after losing our place at Meadow Drive. His exact words, "Bring them HOME". The next Sunday morning, March 9, 2025, Biker Church Huntsville did a "church crash" at Antioch, and announced that this would be our home from here on out. We are now known as "Biker Church Huntsville at Antioch". We meet at 5pm on Sunday evenings!