FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH HISTORY BRIEFS

1922 Church Organized

1923 Call first Pastor, Dr. H. C. Jones

1930 Joined the Lumber River Baptist Association

1931 Called second Pastor, Rev. G. W. Todd

1932 Host of N. C. Sunday School Convention

1935 Joined the General Baptist State Convention

1938 Host of N. C. State Woman’s Missionary Convention

1945 Called third Pastor Rev. A. L. Mason, Raleigh, NC

1948 Called fourth Pastor, Rev. E. B. Turner Goldston, NC

1952 Dedicated Elizabeth Heights Cemetery, First Owned by our Church

1954 N. C. Baptist Laymen’s League

1954 Host to N. C. State NAACP Branches

1959 Opened first Day Care Center in Robeson County

1968 Host to General Baptist State Convention of NC

1979 Host to District United Order of Tents

1982 Pastor, Dr. E. B. Turner elected President of General Baptist State Convention of NC

1985 Built First Baptist Homes Senior Citizens Apartments

2003 Church Renovation

2005 Called Arthur Foy as Interim Pastor

2007 Called fifth Pastor Dr. Thomas Rodney Murray, Fayetteville, NC.

Dr. Thomas Rodney Murray was unanimously recommended by the Pulpit Search Committee to the entire congregation and the congregation voted to call him pastor.  Dr. Murray accepted the call and became Pastor- elect. And he was installed on Sunday, February 4,2007.