December 1963 Members from Marion Franklin Baptist Church met with area missionary, Reverend Ross Hughes to set up a mission at the Edwards Elementary School. Summer 1964 Two summer missionaries, Dot Ruth and Ann Bessinger, hold Vacation Bible School under shade tree on the Northwest corner of Williams and Alum Creek Roads. November 1964 The first Sunday School was held, Bobb Karr, Sunday School Superintendent. Mission is now called Edwards Chapel, Lee Harrel servs as the interim pastor July 1965 Reverend Ben Atkinson is appointed pastor and the land is purchased. August 1965 Edwards chapel is constituted as Alum Creek Baptist Church with 38 charter members. August 1966 A resolution is passed to build a church. A loan is secured to begin building. They are currently holding Sunday School at Edwards School and evening service at Koebel Elementary. Sunday School enrollment is over 300 and there are 120 baptised church members. May 1967 The building is completed and the first deacons, Dennis Brady and John Spencer, are ordained. April 1968-May 1969 Reverend Jim Green of Laura, Ohio, serves as pastor May 1969-November 1969 The church is without a full time pastor November 1969 Reverend Ward Key serves as interim pastor until December 1969 when he is appointe full time pastor. Jim Boyd serves as pastor Arnold Pack serves as pastor April 1977-February 1982 Charles Wiliford serves as pastor February 1982-July 1982 The church is without a full time pastor July 1982-June 1987 Dale Clark serves as pastor August 1987 Darrell Davis is appointed pastor January 1993 A loan for $120,000.00 was taken out to build the fellowship hall July 2011 The mortgage is paid in full before the full 20 years. About the construction of the Fellowship Hall: Early in 1991 we began discussion about the possivility of neeeding more space for class rooms and fellowships. We had a need for some larger class rooms and for a space where we could set more than 65 people without having to go down the hall from the from our existing fellowship hall at that time. We decided to start saving for a new building. Also, if we wanted to pursue a new mortgage, we were asked by the Home Mission Board to pay off the remaining amount that we still owed on the original building . As a church we were able to pay off our first mortgage in May of 1991 and this cleared the way for the Home Mission Board to consider a new mortgage of $120,000.00 to build a 5,000 foot building. We were granted the loan and soon it was full steam ahead making preparations for the new building. We started building in 1992. That spring we paid contractors to complete the foundation. We needed to have the 5,000 foot slab ready by June when building would begin. The Lord sent us a good group of men from the Buckeye Builders and we were able to raise the building just under one week. We did the framing, completed the outside with windows, siding, and roofing in just under one week. We had help from many volunteers from our own church as well as men and women from around the state. We also had a groups that came from Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas to help us complete the shell of the building. After the rush of the first week of the build, the rest of the finish work was up to all the volunteers from our own body. Slowly but surely we worked on the building and in early January, 1993 we were able to get the ok from the city that the building was ready for occupancy. Now here we are, 18 1/2 years later we are debt free. May God continue to bless His work as it is carried on through His people here at Alum Creek. Darrell Davis |
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