Parkview Baptist Church of Rome, Georgia acquired the building of the former Wesley Methodist Church. On September 10, 2014 the church officially became the Parkview Baptist Church of Rome, GA Inc. Lanter came from the ATCO Baptist Church in Cartersville, Georgia.Pastor Lanter and his wife Teresa Lanter had served in several denomination and as a military Chaplain. They had been members of the ATC
O Baptist Church and was sent first as a mission to work with the former Methodist Church. Dr. Paul Camp who was also a Baptist had retired after 4 years at the Methodist church due to health and age. The Methodist congregation had only about 12 attending when the Lanter's came to pastor. With several events came some growth reaching at one point 32 attending. But the congregation was just up and down with the same 10 or 12 coming regular. After almost a year the church elected to leave the Methodist seeking to follow Pastor Lanter into the Southern Baptist Association. Several of the former Methodist Church members left not wishing to follow the will of the church in its change to Baptist. But God provided several new people to replace those that had gone. The official day of opening was held on September 14, 2014. The attendance on this day was 70 and a new wonderful spirit came with it. Many leaders from the Southern Baptist along with a U.S Congressman and others attended this important openning Day celebration. God is now blessing and we look forward to working in our local community and the city of Rome in the future.
