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Historical Look at Midway
Baptist Church
During the War Between the States, a
group of people began meeting in a little Negro schoolhouse south of
Cairo off
what is now Georgia state Highway 93.
That church was called Kinky Baptist Church. In 1890, under the
leadership of Rev. D.F.
Massey, the church relocated south of the Ochlocknee River in what was
then
Thomas County and changed its name to Magnolia Springs Baptist Church. At that time, there were
twenty five
members. In 1909,
under the leadership
of Rev. Matthew Kinchens, the church was relocated north of the
Ochlocknee
River to Rube Hill. The
area was named
so after a fine Christian Negro slave, Rube Hawthorne, who lived on the
hill.
The buildings on Rube Hill burned in
1912 and the members then began meeting in the Midway School, just
across
Midway road from the church’s present location.
A new wooden structure was built across the road
from the school in 1913
under the leadership of Rev. Billy Sellers. During the twentieth century, God blessed the Midway Baptist Church through two World Wars, the Great Depression, and many other challenges of the world. As we look back at those years, we see the Hand of God moving in the lives of everyday people with the Saving Power of Jesus Christ. Both the Facilities and the Faces of Midway have changed over those years, but always God’s Redeeming Grace has shone through to the Midway Community.
Please note these landmarks of our
History:
1949,
full-time church services began
1951,
Sunday School Rooms were added
1952,
a pastorium was completed
1960,
what is now the present sanctuary was
dedicated
1966,
a Fellowship Hall was completed
(Membership was 225)
1967,
an additional Sunday School building was
added
1970-1980,
Carpet, padded seats, and AC were
added 2005,
work was completed on renovations to
Sunday School space and a new 250 seat Fellowship Hall (Membership 459) Midway
has had a wonderful legacy of Christian Pastors to guide her through
the
challenges of sharing Christ in this old world.
As you read the History of Midway’s leadership,
breathe a prayer of
Thanksgiving for what God has done and is doing.
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1. W.J. Sellers 1913-1919 2. F.O. Oates 1919-1929 3. C.L. Carley 1929-1932 4. N.G. Christopher 1932-1936 5. William M. Davis 1936-1947 6. I.J. Thompson 1947-1949 7. W.P. Perry 1949-1950 8. W. Silas Bradley 1950-1953 9. Hugh Lee Brinkley 1953-1955 10. E.T. Vines 1955-1958 11. Harold N. Earnest 1958-1961 12. Leo Y. Lewis 1961-1965 13. Hugh Lee Brinkley 1965-1967 |
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Kenneth Cloud 1967-1970 15. Bill Bailey 1970-1971 16. Robert E. Ferrel 1971-1972 17. Lewis Adkinson 1973-1977 18. Calvin D. Justice 1978-1980 19. Wayne McDonald 1981-1983 20. Charles Robinson 1983-1986 21. J.D. Templeton 1986-1992 22. Hugh L. Brock 1993 23. Wayne Burdeshaw 1994-1998 24. Kenneth Cloud 1999-2005 Jack House (Interim) 2005-2006 25. Tim VanLandingham 2006-2010 Carl Harrell (Interim) 2010-2011 26. Carl Harrell 2011-2015 27. Johnny Burdick 2015- |
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