Standing Spring Baptist Church

Front: Standing Springs Baptist Church was organized in 1818 as an arm of Fork Shoals Baptist Church. There were ten charter members and Rev. Nathan Berry was the first pastor. Early meetings were held in the home of James Cox and the first meeting house was constructed c. 1836 on land donated by Mr. Cox. Reverse: The congregation derives its name from a nearby spring that originates underground and appears as standing water. Like many Baptist churches, the congregation here included enslaved people before the Civil War. A second sanctuary was built in 1917 and expanded in 1959. The current sanctuary was dedicated in 1970.