Featured Church of the Week: Fellowship Baptist Church

Fellowship Baptist Church, located 7 miles west of Bainbridge on Spring Creek Road, has become one of the largest churches in Decatur County. The church, which has seen tremendous growth in recent years, currently has a membership of nearly 700 people.

Fellowship Baptist Church was established on March 4, 1974. The church, which started off with a total of 40 charter members, has grown to a membership of nearly 700 people. The church currently has an average attendance of nearly 300 people on Sunday morning.

With the tremendous growth has come a need to increase building sizes and add new buildings altogether. In 1999 the church completed construction on their large Fellowship Hall and in 2003 the church completed a project the increase the size of their Sanctuary.

Currently the church is constructing their Fellowship Life Center. The building, which is 18,000 square feet, will have multiple purposes. The church plans to move the offices into the building, as well as having 16 new Sunday school classrooms and a Basketball court. In times of disaster, the building will also be capable of being used as an emergency shelter.

The Church Staff currently consists of Rev. Stanley Phillips - Pastor, Steve Brooks - Youth Minister, and Rita Braswell - Minister of Music.The current pastor, Rev. Stanley Phillips has been pastor of the church for over 14 years. Youth Minister Steve Brooks, has been with the church for 10 years and Rita Braswell, Minister of Music has been with the church for 3 years.

Fellowship Baptist Church begins there Sunday morning services with Early Prayer at 9:00 a.m., Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., and Worship Service At 10:45 a.m. On Sunday evenings the church holds an evening worship service at 5:30 p.m.

For more information please call 229-246-1364, or visit the website at www.hisfellowship.org. The church is located at 2861 Spring Creek Road in Brinson, Georgia.