History

The History of Second Baptist Church

With only prayers and dreams, seven members of the North Breathitt Street Baptist Sunday School began discussing plans of an organized Sunday School in their area. In the spring of 1946, Rev. John Ivey, Associational Missionary, and layman Frank Powell found a vacant lot and a tent that they rented for a mission Sunday School. Plans to organize a church began on Independence Day of that same year. Less than two months later, September 8, 1946, the first dedication service was held in the new church, which had been named the First Street Missionary Baptist Church. The next month, after being admitted to the Bethel Association, a concrete block garage was purchased by Ross Arnold and presented to the church, provided a gable roof be added to the structure.

Under the leadership of Bro. Roy Sears, a building committee was appointed on September 14, 1949 to begin plans for a permanent church building. Several years later on March 1954 under the leadership of Bro. Marion Duncan the deacons but the finishing touches on the rock church, which was renamed Second Baptist Church.

In April of 1969 the church purchased property on the corner of Second and Spring Streets, and on May 26, 1974 the motion was passed to begin construction of the present church. Bro Roy Gibson preached the first sermon in the new sanctuary on November 16, 1974.

Under the leadership of each pastor, the membership has grown, different items purchased and remodeled. Under the leadership of Bro. Ron Wells, the Roy L. Sears Family Life Center was completed in 2004.

Pastors and Dates Served