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The History of Pine Bower

Pine Bower Baptist Church is located five mile southwest of Cedartown, Georgia.  It was organized on July 31, 1897, in a brush arbor near the present location. 

The first church was built on land donated by L. Q. West and the Liddell families.  It was  a small frame buildling and started with 19 charter members.

A new frame building was built in 1911.  In 1942, the church was wired with electricity and the meeting times were changed from Saturday to Sunday night.  In 1944, church services were held one Sunday each month.  In 1946, the church voted to begin holding services twice a month.

The third sanctuary was built in 1948, with members contributing the labor for the project.  In 1952, Sunday school rooms were added to the sanctuary, and for the first time the church had a full-time pastor. 

The first parsonage was purchased in 1956 and was replaced with a brick home in 1959.  In 1985, a garage and two bedrooms were added to the parsonage.

The Pastors of Pine Bower

E. N. Maddox                                    1897-1899                               
A. A. Pittman                                     1899-1909
N. R. Williamson                                1910-1915
C. W. Pope                                       1915-1922
Len Paris                                          1922-1924
J. S. Garner                                      1925-1926
Len Paris                                          1926-1930
J. S. Garner                                      1930-1935
G. F. Wigley                                     1935-1936
J. S. Garner                                      1936-1955
G. H. Chandler                                  1955-1957
Heyward Baxter                                1958-1959
Horace Sheffield                               1959-1966
Rufus Morman                                  1966-1977
James Benefield                               1978-1980
George Tucker                                  1980-1982
Dan Payne                                       1983-1985
Charles Garner                                 1985-1998
Jackson Landham                             2000-2005
Jason Loudermilk                              2006-2010
Roger Kiser                                      2011-present
The current sanctuary was built in 1965, with central heat, air conditioning, and carpet added in 1972.  An educational building was also completed in 1972.  In 1980, work began on the Family Life Center, which was completed in 1984.
In 2008, work was completed to add a covered drive over the side entrance of the education buildling, and a new entry was built into the Family Life Center.

Pine Bower first began holding Sunday School classes in 1926, and the first WMU group was organized in 1946.  Other missions groups for men, youth, and children were started in 1980.
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