Reedy Creek Missionary Baptist Church

On September 3, 1836 a group of people met and organized the Reedy Creek Baptist Church. The congregants met in the homes of various members for the rest of the year. On February 13, 1837, R. E. G Daughter sold a parcel of land to the deacons of the church. In 1867, two years after the ending of the Civil War, the white members moved to Trezevant and sold their rights to the church's African American members and it became known as the Reedy Creek Missionary Baptist Church. Continued. Formerly enslaved, the Reverend Levi Price and his wife Lizzie Price were members of the original church. The Reverend Levi Price served as the first pastor of Reedy Creek Missionary Baptist Church, the only African American Church in the area. On Sundy, December 17, 2017, Reedy Creek Missionary Baptist Church celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary.