Macedonia Baptist Church

Macedonia Baptist Church Welcome Home! Find YOUR Place at Macedonia Baptist Church where Our Hearts, Our Minds and Our Doors are Always Open. Mr. and Mrs. Brother Martin C.

Macedonia Baptist Church began as a Sunday School in 1879 and organized as a Church in 1882 with approximately 20 adults in attendance. The first church service was held under a "brush arbor", located in the area that is no the "old part" of the church cemetery, with Brother Lafayette (Fate) Adams leading the services as the first Pastor. Thorpe Spence donated the land and Mrs. Spence (Rebecca) be

stowed "Macedonia" as the name for the church. The community feeling was the need of having gathered and built the brush arbor using pine tops as a cover. Older members remember it being called "Yellow Jacket" and other "Hornet Nest". Imaginations can conjure the reason for either of the names. Members living at the time the 1906 church was built remember one large room able to seat 400+ people. It was built high off the ground with a high ceiling and two front doors. Three rows of pews and two "Amen Corners" consisted of the seating for the church. Lighting for the church was from two hanging kerosene lamps down the center; however, these were mainly used fro "Summer Protracted Meeting". Heat during the winter months was from potbellied stove with piping for the stove run out one of the windows. A tornado in 1906 destroyed the 1882 frame building. A larger one-room church was soon erected and served the congregation until 1941. At the time another tornado partially wrecked the church building. The present sanctuary was built about 1950 with an annex dining room classrooms, nursery, and other facilities added over the years. A pastorium was constructed adjacent to the church in 1985 and stained glass windows were installed in the church in December 1999. Taylor pastored the church for nearly 37 years (1891-1925), seeing it through the 1906 tornado. The history of Macedonia is unusual. It has been struck by three tornadoes in the 20th century (1906, 1941, and the Valentine's Day tornado in 2000). The last tornado killed one church member. The church's front porch was ripped off, but the towering white steeple and new stained glass windows survived.

Merry Christmas 🎄
12/07/2025

Merry Christmas 🎄

10/11/2025
07/05/2025

Happy 4th of July weekend to everyone! I know many of you are at the beach, lake, river, etc…. But if you’re not and have no where else to be in the morning we would love to have you at Macedonia Baptist Church! Service starts at 11. God Bless. 🙏

Happy Fathers Day!
06/15/2025

Happy Fathers Day!

05/29/2025

View Rev. Marvin Walter Snipes's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

12/15/2024
Happy Father’s day!
06/16/2024

Happy Father’s day!

Happy Father’s Day!
06/15/2024

Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day
05/12/2024

Happy Mother’s Day

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131 Millpond Road
Spence, GA
31779

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Wednesday 6pm - 7pm
Sunday 11am - 12pm

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