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Every Year Battle Creek Church has a Homecoming on the 1st Sunday of October. Here are some informative readings and some happy pictures of that event as we feast in the new Fellowship Hall as the fireplace sparkles in the background. Enjoy

          BATTLE CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH 1845 & onward

October 3, 2004 Anniversary

 

Name “Battle Creek” comes from an attack by Choctaws and Chickasaws who massacred 20 settlers enroute from Red River, near Adams, to Eatons Creek Fort, July 1780.  This happened on a branch of the Sycamore Creek less than 2 miles from our church.

 

In 1845 a church was constituted by six members. Land was donated in 1844 by James Watts and later in 1872 more land by Timothy Demonbreun and wife Mary was given. They are buried in our church cemetery, where the iron fence surrounds.

 

Some Things Happening around 1845:

Andrew Jackson was president

The Southern Baptist Convention was constituted in Georgia

Texas, a nation, was annexed as a state

 There were 28 states in the Union

 

Some Things Since 1845

Another Tennessean, James K Polk was president in 1848

The gold rush of California began in 1848.  California entered nation 1850

Battle Creek has existed through these wars:

          Mexican/American War over Texas and SW Territories

          War of American States

          Spanish/American War

          World War I

          World War II

          The Great Depression

          Korean Conflict

          Vietnam Conflict

          Gulf War

          Present War on Terrorists and Iraq

 

We acknowledge the grace and blessing of our Lord, who is Head of the church, to our survival.  We acknowledge the dedication and sacrifice of  159 yrs, by those have loved the Lord and His church at Battle Creek.

To Him be glory!

Our pastor, Rev O Jewell Barrett and Loretta have been with us since 1992.  Our growth in numbers is somewhat slow, but our Spiritual growth in fellowship is visible. Our worship place has been attractively renovated and the family center is a reflection upon God’s provisions and the harmony of our church members.  Two additional acres have been purchased and boundary columns along the church and cemetery properties have been erected. Foundation funds provided by members of the McMahan family, supplementing the faithful tithes and offerings of our members, enable us to move forward in meaningful ways. We are required to be faithful with what we have in the time our Lord allots us.  “To Him be glory in the church, world without end.”  Amen

 

Pictures from Homecoming October 2, 2005, in no certain order