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On December 22, 1892, seventy-two former members of the Bethel Baptist Church met to start a new Baptist work and organized the Oak Hill Baptist Church. Following two years of meeting in a school house and a local Methodist Church building, the new Baptist group managed to purchase property and build their own building on Main Street, across from where Plateau Medical Center is now located. The new church was dedicated on December 23, 1894. The Church experienced considerable growth and in 1923 a new building fund drive was launched. On July 4, 1926, two years to the day following the ground breaking ceremony, the congregation marched approximately three blocks from their former church home to the present beautiful facility. The Oak Hill Baptist Church was founded as a result of great vision and missionary fervor. Under strong Pastoral and lay leadership, the Church began to make a significant contribution to West Virginia Baptist growth by starting missions throughout the area, leading to the formation of Baptist churches at Minden, Red Star, Scarbro, Sanger, and Mount Hope. In 1932, a mission station was established in the east end of Oak Hill. This work led to the purchasing of property and the building of a church through designated mission money. In 1946, the East End Baptist mission was organized into the Calvary Baptist Church. For one hundred years the Oak Hill Baptist Church has been "...like a beacon upon the top of a mountain and like an ensign on a hill." (Isaiah 30:17) Today, the church continues to make significant contributions to the community through the ministry of the members. The present resident membership exceeds 500 with a program of ministry designed to disciple all ages. In this new millennium, the Oak Hill Baptist Church stands ready to meet the challenges of a new day and is prepared to serve the community for another hundred years. |
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