Our Church History 
Our Church History
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We started as a mission under the authority of the Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Paducah, Kentucky on September 26, 1986. We were organized into a New Testament Baptist Church by the authority of that church on December 20, 1986. Garner Smith, the present pastor is the only pastor this church has ever had. He has pastored this church for eighteen years. The Lord has tremendously blessed us spiritually, numerically, and financially. We have seen the Lord add to our congregation starting with fourteen members and we now have about eighty members. We are very strict in our doctrine and practice. We practice biblical discipline and keep our membership as clean as possible from the world. We are very unified as a church.
The Following is an indepth look at our history.
In about the middle of the 17th century a Baptist minister by the name of Elder Thomas Dungan from Ireland left his native home to escape persecution and coming to Rhode Island he joined himself to the First Baptist Church of Newport, Rhode Island, where Doctor John Clark was the pastor. In 1684 Elder Dungan and a small group of members left the church at Newport to organize the Cold Spring Baptist Church in Bucks County Pennsylvania. (History of the First Baptist Church of Sayville, NY.)
In 1688 Elias Keach came to Pennsylvania and posed as a minister. While preaching he came under terrible conviction and had to stop. He confessed his lost condition and the people sent him to Elder Thomas Dungan pastor of the Cold Spring Baptist Church in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Elias Keach was saved there by the grace of God. He was baptized and ordained by the Cold Spring Baptist Church and as a missionary out of the Cold Spring Baptist Church he organized the Pennepeck Baptist Church (also known as the Lower Dublin Baptist Church) at Pennepeck, Pennsylvania. (History of the First Baptist Church of Sayville, NY.)
In 1719 the Pennepek Baptist Church of Pennepeck, Pennsylvania organized the Montgomery Baptist Church of Montgomery county Pennsylvania. (This information was received from the Montgomery Baptist Church in 2004 when they were contacted by phone.)
The Montgomery Baptist Church in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County Pennsylvania released John Marks on August 12, 1761 to go to Virginia where he and a man by the name of David Thomas organized the Broad Run Baptist Church on December 2,1762. (This information was received from a "roots website" and then the Montgomery Baptist Church was contacted in 2004 by phone and they verified that John Mark was sent out by their authority.)
The minutes of the Broad Run Baptist Church state that on October the 25th of 1783 several families including the Shurley’s and the Foster’s where dismissed to go South. These families traveled to Abbeville county South Carolina and the Turkey Creek Baptist Church was organized on January the 29th in 1785. ("Broad Run Baptist Church Minutes and History") Note: The above information concerning the Turkey Creek Baptist Church are the facts that we were able to find but the history of Turkey Creek Baptist Church has been difficult to trace. We know that the previously mentioned families were released from the Broad Run Baptist Church according to the minutes and according to some records found concerning the Turkey Creek Baptist Church these same families were the members who constituted the Turkey Creek Baptist Church along with Joseph Redding who became their first pastor. We tried to trace Joseph Redding’s history but it was very difficult to determine what church he originaly came from before traveling to South Carolina.
In June of 1794 Arthur Durham and David McGladery petitioned the Turkey Creek Baptist Church for the privilege of collecting members about them to see if they were "ripe for constitution". On July the 14th 1794 the Poplar Springs Baptist Church was organized in Ware Shoals, county South Carolina. (pg. 479 of "The Scrapbook, a Compilation of Historical Facts About Places and Events of Laurens County, South Carolina, Laurens County Historical Society and Laurens County Arts Council, 1982".)
On July the 19th of 1806 the Poplar Springs Baptist Church of Ware Shoals South Carolina organized the Bethel Baptist Church of Jackson, Missouri.
In 1809 the Bethel Baptist Church of Jackson, Missouri organized the Tyawappity Baptist Church of Scott county Missouri.
In 1817 the Tyawappity Baptist Church of Scott county Missouri organized the Shiloh Baptist Church of Pulaski county Illinois.
In 1818 the Shiloh Baptist Church of Pulaski county, Illinois organized the Clear Creek Baptist Church of Union county Illinois.
In 1825 the Clear Creek Baptist Church of Union county Illinois organized the Mayfield Baptist Church of Carlisle county, Kentucky. (This information is recorded in the minutes of the West Kentucky Baptist Association and can be found in the Mid-Continent Baptist College in Mayfield, Kentucky.)
In 1832 the Mayfield Creek Baptist Church of Carlisle county organized the Emmaeus Baptist Church of Carlisle county, Kentucky. (This information is recorded in the minutes of the West Kentucky Baptist Association and can be found in the Mid-Continent Baptist College in Mayfield, Kentucky.)
In 1857 the Emmaeus Baptist Church of Carlisle county, Kentucky organized the Zoar Baptist Church of Carlisle county, Kentucky. (This information is recorded in the minutes of the West Kentucky Baptist Association and can be found in the Mid-Continent Baptist College in Mayfield, Kentucky.)
The Zoar Baptist Church of Carlisle county, Kentucky organized the Faith Baptist Church of Paducah, Kentucky.
On December 20, 1986 the Faith Baptist Church of Parucah, Kentucky organized the Faith Baptist Church of Clarksville, Tennessee.