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Maynard Baptist Church

1195 Juliette Road
478-994-2120

1896 Maynard Baptist Church was established after several members of this community felt the call of God to establish a place of worship. A constitution was adopted. Mr. J. B. Maynard, for whom the church was named, gave land for a church building. Services were apparently held in the adjacent school house until the church building was completed. They met once a month.
1898 The first church, a frame structure was completed.
1904 The church purchased an organ. Their first revival, called a Protractive Meeting, was held. Sunday School had its beginning at Maynard. The adjacent school house provided rooms for Sunday School classes.     1939 Wind blew a tree down on the building and jarred the structure out of line.    1956 Another windstorm blew against the building making it unsafe. It was supported by poles for a few months while plans were made and adopted to build a new building. Services were held in the school house during the construction of the new building.
1957 On Mothers Day the new building was dedicated. The cost of the building was $7,430.17. The pews cost $1,866. The entire church debt at dedication was $400, the balance of the cost of the church pews.
1961 The educational building was added to the church structure.
1971 Began full time services with a full time pastor.
1972 First pastorium was purchased.
1978 The Sunday School Annex was completed. The sanctuary was remodeled including new carpet, padded pews and new front doors.
1981 Beginning of the fellowship hall, with Sunday School rooms upstairs and fellowship and kitchen area downstairs. It was later faced with bricks.
1987 Stained glass windows were dedicated by members in memory of former members and family members.    1988 The front porch was enclosed to form a vestibule. A ramp was added on the side of the building. A new pulpit Bible was dedicated in memory of Mrs. Opal Lancaster.
1989 A new pastorium was purchased. New hymnals were purchased in memory of Ward Johnson for his faithful service as song leader.
1990 The choir loft was enlarged.
1995 The present pastor, Dr. Marvin Lee, was called as pastor.
1997 Completion and opening of new Sunday School space.
1998 The church expanded its sanctuary to accommodate growth.
1999 Due to continued growth, the church began an 8:30 a.m. service.    2000 A seven-week prayer emphasis was conducted seeking God’s will about the future of the church. More space and parking was needed but the church was unable to obtain any at its current location. After seven weeks of prayer, ten acres of land two miles from the church became available and the church voted to buy it.
2003 This was a year of many open doors. The church voted to begin phase one of the new church facility. On July 13, 2003, the church groundbreaking occurred. A plow with a rope attached was used. Each member there grasped the rope and pulled the plow which was held by our pastor. This signified the unity of the entire church working together under the leadership of God.
2004 November 14, 2004, the church moved from 1883 Juliette Road to the new location at 1195 Juliette Road and the first service was held. The parking lot overflowed on the day of the first service.
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