Our History (Download an information card here)
The South East Atlanta Seventh Day Baptist Church got started out of the need for a Seventh Day Baptist church on the southern side of the city of Atlanta. There were a lot of us as Seventh Day Baptists who had relocated from New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Florida, and Jamaica. The closest Seventh Day Baptist church to most of us at that time was the Metro Atlanta SDB Church which was an average drive of an hour and 15 minutes. Initially a few of our members would travel there for worship. Over time we became aware of other SDBs who had also relocated to the southern side of the city and needed a place to worship, and we enthusiastically made contact with them.
With Metro SDB as our mother Church we began worshiping in our homes in the year 2001. Our average attendance at that time was six individuals. We are forever grateful to the South Atlantic SDB Association and The Missionary Society for assisting us with Pastoral Leadership. God began His movement of relocation of individuals and the news of our meeting spread rapidly through our churches. The difficulty of individuals to maintain the rotation in the homes and the lack of visibility as a church were some of the reasons why it became imperative for us to seek a church building to rent for worship. God's favor was on us and we were able to find a church for far less than the average rental rate in Jonesboro, GA. After that, we continued to grow and the need to relocate presented itself again. We held our weekly worship services at Daniel Drive Baptist Church in Stockbridge, GA for approximately five years.
As God continued to move in our lives, He gave us a vision to build. We followed His leading and we have been worshiping in our recently erected building on 60 Dailey Mill Road in McDonough, GA since September 2011 under the leadership of Dr. Barry Dailey. To God be the glory!
With Metro SDB as our mother Church we began worshiping in our homes in the year 2001. Our average attendance at that time was six individuals. We are forever grateful to the South Atlantic SDB Association and The Missionary Society for assisting us with Pastoral Leadership. God began His movement of relocation of individuals and the news of our meeting spread rapidly through our churches. The difficulty of individuals to maintain the rotation in the homes and the lack of visibility as a church were some of the reasons why it became imperative for us to seek a church building to rent for worship. God's favor was on us and we were able to find a church for far less than the average rental rate in Jonesboro, GA. After that, we continued to grow and the need to relocate presented itself again. We held our weekly worship services at Daniel Drive Baptist Church in Stockbridge, GA for approximately five years.
As God continued to move in our lives, He gave us a vision to build. We followed His leading and we have been worshiping in our recently erected building on 60 Dailey Mill Road in McDonough, GA since September 2011 under the leadership of Dr. Barry Dailey. To God be the glory!
Seventh Day Baptist History
To learn more about our history as a denomination, please visit http://www.seventhdaybaptist.org/content/history.