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The First Baptist Church of Grant, Alabama, was formed over sixty years ago when eleven people under God's leadership took the responsibility to bind themselves together in a convanant relationship. They wanted to worship God and to preach and teach His word according to the deep convictions of the people known across the years as "Baptist". H.L. Nipper, Mr. and Mrs. O.E. Lemley, Katherine Derrick, Lucy Derrick, Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Segler, Lola Segler McDonald and Mrs. W.W. Ayers made this commitment on May 22, 1930.
The real history of the church is told in the lives of dedication that these, and others who have joined them, have shown through the years. Our history tells of souls saved, lives changed and people ministered to in both spiritual and physical ways.
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There
was no church structure during the first ten years of this fellowship's
existence. The people met to worship in homes, the schoolhouse and
the little rock building which is now the front of McDonald's Building
Supply Store. Help was given by the Marshall Baptist Association
and the Home Mission Board to build a wood frame auditorium with
six classrooms in 1941. During this same year, a pastorium was completed.
The people planted a cotton patch that produced $250.00. This, along
with the money from the Home Mission Board, provided the money for
the first building and pastorium. Mrs. D.M. Segler gave an acre
of land for this. Solitude Church gave in the form of labor and
materials. The present concrete block building was finished in 1956.
Four years later the present auditorium was constructed and the
old church building removed. Another acre of land was purchased
in 1969 and the present pastorium built. The present educational
building was started in May 1974, and the first service was held
in it on November 20, 1974. It was dedicated on January 5, 1975.
An extensive redecorating took place and a dedication service was
held February 15, 1987.
A multi-purpose
Christian Life Center (CLC) has been constructed and was dedicated
unto the Lord in the spring of 2000. It incorporates a full court
gymnasium, commercial kitchen, game room, library, staff office
space and much needed classroom space
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