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The church was founded in 1939 in Scottdale as Travelers Rest Baptist Church. [1] In 1983, it moved to Decatur and adopted its current name. Eddie Long took over as pastor in 1987. At the time, the church had only 300 members. In 1994, New Birth became a member of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship. [2]
Church Image Dates Location City, County Description; Metropolitan Tabernacle: 1650 founded 1861 built (current church) London: Building was the largest non-conforming church, world-wide, when built in 1861.
First Baptist Church Atlanta began a television and radio ministry in 1972, one year after Stanley became the senior pastor. [8] [9] It is now known as In Touch Ministries. Together, the teaching of Stanley and beliefs of FBA are available globally—translated into more than 100 languages via radio, television broadcast, audiotapes, videotapes ...
Pages in category "Baptist churches in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dr. Elizabeth Lyon, Chief of Georgia's Historical Preservation Section, was the main speaker. 1985 – Reverend Edward Lamar Ellis Jr., is the 18th pastor of First Bryan Baptist Church. He is a native of Monroe, GA, and the eldest of four children born to the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lamar Ellis Sr.
In 1991, First Baptist Woodstock moved to a new 2,400 seat sanctuary on Neese Road. In 2005, First Baptist Woodstock's new 7,000 seat Worship Center opened. [6] In 2019, Pastor Hunt announced a transition where he would step down from his role at FBCW, and Jeremy Morton would assume the Senior Pastor position.
Sherwood Baptist Church began meetings in the US Army Reserve building in 1955, now First Baptist Church Mission. A year later Sherwood got its own 6.3 acres (25,000 m 2 ) of land. Sherwood's first pastor was Albert Cardwell, from 1955 to 1963.
A historical marker was erected in 1956 outside the church by the Georgia Historical Commission (Marker Number 121–29.) It is inscribed as follows: [4] In March 1817, eight men and two women meeting in an Augusta home formed "The Baptist Praying Society of Augusta" - the forerunner of the First Baptist Church.