MacClenny in his 1910 biography of James O'Kelly stated that the O'Kelly Chapel congregation in Chatham County was organized later that year and that it was the first new congregation formed by the Southern Christian denomination .
James O'Kelly is the denomination 's founder .
MacClenny in his 1910 biography of James O'Kelly , the denomination 's founder , stated that the O'Kelly Chapel congregation in Chatham County was organized later that year and that it was the first new congregation formed by the Southern Christian denomination .