In 1949, REV. JOHNNY JONES secured permission to hold church services in an old abandoned house on the property of ELBERT WARWICK. A revival was held and the attendants were so great that many had to stand outside during the services. Many souls were saved while others re-dedicated their lives to Christ. Following the revival many people were interested in holding services on a weekly basis and in organizing a church.
On Sunday afternoon of Apiri 20, 1952, thirteen charter members met at the old house and organized a church that was named Warwick's Chapel. At the meeting REV. JOHNNY JONES was elected pastor and received seven candidates for baptism. In 1954 the church voted to build a church on a tract of land donated by MR.& MRS. ELMER COOPER. In 1955, the name of the church was officially changed to Hinds Creek Baptist Church. The church continues to prosper under the leadership of its present pastor, REV. CLYDE COKER, through a ministry of worship services, a sound Sunday School, weekly visitation program, and Vacation Bible School. The church with a membership of 23B is a member of the Midland Association of Baptists and supports Foreign Missions and Tennessee Childrens Orphan Homes. Church history courtesy Mrs. Rosella Wyrick, Church Clerk 1988.
WGT NOTE: On May 24, 1806 a Hinds Creek Baptist Church was established in Hinds Valley. The early minutes of the church read: the church met and after worship proceeded to business first examination made of our ripness for constitution by Elder Richard Newport and Elder John Parker and being found ripe were consituted.... Some of the early members were: JOSEPH and RACHEL ADKINS, SARAH and NANCY HUDDLESTON, SUSANNA MOLDER, METHENY DUNKIN, JEMIMA SIMMONS, MARY VAUGHN, RICHARD and HANNAH NEWPORT, VALENTINE MOULDER, WILEY and PEGGY WYRICK, PLEASANT McBRIDE, WILLIAM BLEDSOE, JUDITH BLEDSOE, JUDITH BROCK, HENRY MOULDER, ADAM MOSER, MARLIN YOUNG, RHODA PATTON, GEORGE BROCK, SUSANNA DAVIS, SUSAN CLAYTON, JOSEPH STOUT, SUSANNA JOHNSON, MARY BUTCHER, REBECHA SHARP, SOLOMON MASON, JAMES ISAM, METHENY HUDDLESTON, NELLY SELVIDGE, SEYMOUR YORK, JOHN MULLINS, GEORGE MCCRAY, SUSANNA and DICY NASH, SARAH SEAMORE, WILLIAM and MARY WEBB, SARAH CLIFTON, ELLENDER NASH, DAVID HUDDLESTON, MARY PHILPOTT, JOHN TURNER, WILLIS WORWICK, ISACC and PHEBE OAKS, MARGARET BRINCEFIELD, GEORGE McCRAY, WILLIAM PRATT, ANNY YORK, JAMES BROWN, MARGARET WILSON, JOHN KITCHEN, WILLIAM WEBB, ELIZABETH STUKESBERRY, and WILLIAM JONES.
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