How it all started...
In 1959 God began work in a breakaway group from, College Avenue Baptist Church about the community located on Wakefield Drive. On July 17, 1960 they leased property and College Avenue Mission was formed.
- October 1, 1960 69 people were in Sunday School attendance
- January 1, 1961 Rev. Chester was called as Mission Pastor
- May 2, 1965 the mission became a church with 59 charter members
- August 1965 construction of Sanctuary was completed (now our Fellowship Hall)
- September 13, 1966 Meadowbrook was received into Fellowship with the Caldwell Baptist Association.
Expanding the vision...
In October 1982, the church embarked on another building program, with educational and office facilities.
- June 7, 1987 construction completed with a seating capacity of 500
- The church has paid off its indebtedness
- Rev. Robert Chester (1961-1963)
- Rev. H.H McManus (1963-1968)
- Rev. Clifton Tuttle (1968-1980)
- Rev. Donnie Solesbee (1981-1988)
- Rev. Gary Hayes (1990-1992)
- Rev Roger Beck (1993-present)
Where we are headed...
Having been led, as we believe by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior and, on the
profession of faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as one body in Christ. We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this Church, in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality, to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the Church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the Gospel through all nations.
We also engage to maintain family and secret devotions; to bring up our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances. We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember one another in prayer; to aid one another in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy and Christian courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay. We moreover engage that when we remove from this place we will, as soon as possible, unite with some other church where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God's Word.
profession of faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as one body in Christ. We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this Church, in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; to promote its prosperity and spirituality, to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines; to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the Church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the Gospel through all nations.
We also engage to maintain family and secret devotions; to bring up our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances. We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; to remember one another in prayer; to aid one another in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy and Christian courtesy in speech; to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay. We moreover engage that when we remove from this place we will, as soon as possible, unite with some other church where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God's Word.
