Our History...

John Kepley and his brother, George, came from Salisbury, North Carolina in 1806 and settled on Indian Creek just North of Crandall. They built a dam and a mill then brought their families from North Carolina a year later. By 1830, John drew plans for a community a few miles to the west of his mill. He called his new town New Salisbury. In those plans were lots for a school and a church. The school was built first and was used as a church meeting place for many years. By 1870 those attending the church in New Salisbury decided they should build a church. A 32' x 48' church building was built in the summer of 1871. Though there have been additions, repairs, and remodeling over the last 150 years, our sanctuary is the original church that was built in 1871. If you remove any ceiling tile in the basement you can see the logs that were used in the original construction.

As the church grew and prospered many changes were made. The biggest change was the original building had to be moved about 50' northwest of its original site in 1951 to accommodate the widening of State Road 135. Many changes were made at that time, including adding a basement and replacing the old windows with the beautiful stained glass windows you see today. A 24' x 40' addition was built in 1963 to house more Sunday School classrooms, an office and restrooms. The congregation has continued to update the building during our 150 years.

We experienced a period of rapid growth in the 90's. Our attendance has declined over the past 20 years but we persevere.

On the weekend of September 18-19, 2021, we celebrated our 150th anniversary at the church.