Churches



"Click on link for Histories"
Some of these will be old churches that no longer exist, and some may have changed names. 


Link to Churches in North Carolina  - don't know if they are all listed here, but there are quite a few.

African Presbyterian (AA) - Concord
1884 - Luke Dorland, Pastor
            Eugene Porter, Asst Pastor

All Saints Episcopal - Concord
1884 - F J Murdoch, Pastor

Bellefonte Presbyterian (AA)

Bethel Baptist - Kannapolis    [Picture]    [Plaque]
Located on Opal St. at Jasper St.

 Bethel United Church of Christ - OFC
18937 Bear Creek Church Road, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124
(704) 436-2316

 Bethel United Methodist - [Picture]        {Arbor Historical Marker} 
History of the Arbor         Arbor Pictures     #1    #2     #3
The oldest Methodist Church in Cabarrus Co. organized about 1783 - meetings were held in the arbor.
Camp meetings were held here before the Civil War. 
Original church was located at Depot and Church Sts on South Church St.
Deed for the land for the first building was Oct 17, 1808 between Thomas McCahorn of Cabarrus Co,
of the one part; Thomas Love, Clabourn Freeman, Alexander McLarty, James McLarty, and John Garmon
Trustees, in Trust for purposes hereinafter mentioned of the other part.
1835 - more land was acquired, and a larger building was erected - to replace the log structure that had been
used since 1810.

Bethel AME (Zion) Methodist (AA) - Concord  [Picture]   [Plaque]   [Sign]
1884 - J M Hill, Pastor    Church built 1893   Rebuilt 1957

Bethpage Presbyterian - [Picture] Coddle Creek      HISTORY
1866 - Wm. Pharr, Pastor
1872 - Wm Pharr, Pastor
1877-78, W W Pharr, Pastor
1884 - Wm Pharr, Pastor

Beulah Baptist 

Bible Missionary Baptist - Concord

Bogers Chapel - on Parks Lafferty Rd.     SIGN       HISTORICAL PLAQUE

Bogers United Church of Christ - on Gold Hill Rd.    SIGN

 Brookdale Baptist - Kannapolis

Calvary Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church - 1602 Lane Street, Kannapolis
Established March 1985 as a mission church of the Presbyteriian Church of America, better known as PCA. In November 1995 it became a mission of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, better known as ARP.
On March 28th, 2004 Calvary became organized as a particular church of the ARP (i.e. not a mission any more.)
The first pastor was Rev. Monty Sharah 1987-1988.
The second and present pastor is Rev. Gene Frady - 1988 to the present.
The church was and is composed of descendants of the original German immigrants to the area - Earnhardt, Seaford, Honeycutt, Cook, Frady, Overcash, Plyler, Lowder, Caskey - with a few English, Scots and Welsh thrown in.

 Calvary Baptist - Kannapolis

Calvary Lutheran - Concord

Cedar Grove AME -  PICTURE

Cedar Grove Presbyterian - Concord

Center Grove Lutheran - Concord
1884 - B S Brown, Pastor

Center Grove Lutheran - Kannapolis    [Picture}  [Plaque]   [Sign]
Located on Cannon Blvd (US29) near Sumner and Utah Streets.

Center Grove United Methodist - [NOTE-Old Mt. Moriah was long ago merged with Asbury Church, and a new church built in a grove centrally between the two, and, therefore, called Center Grove Church . . .see this offsite link]
SR200 at County Line Road.

Center United Methodist Church - 1119 Union St S., Concord   [Sign]

Central Methodist Episcopal Church South - Concord  (This also has a small amount of history of Methodism in CC).
Organized 1838  under Rev. David Derrick
1930's Rev H G Allen - Pastor

Coddle Creek Presbyterian
1869 - John E Presly, Pastor

Coldwater Baptist - [Picture]

Coldwater Lutheran - [Picture]
Oldest Reformed Church in Cabarrus County
1768 - Rev. Samuel Suther, Pastor
1814 - Coldwater became a union church, Lutheran and Reformed.
1843 - Rev Jeremiah Ingold, Pastor   ---- Lutheran Congregation withdrew in 1843, and the Reformed congregation
was under the ministry of Rev. Ingold.
1851- A new church was built a few miles from the original site and called Mt Gilead
1884 - S T Hollman, Pastor
1888- The present church was built and called New Gilead.

Concord Lutheran - Concord
1877-78 - L A Bikle,DD, Pastor

Concord Methodist - Is this located on Kerr St?  [Picture - ca 1920's] Kerr & Misenheimer Ave
1866 - M C Davis, Pastor
1869 - R R Pegues, Pastor
1872 - D R Bruton, Pastor
1877-78 - H P Cole, Pastor
1884 - W S Creasy, Pastor

 Concord Presbyterian
1866 - E H Harding, Pastor
1877-78 - L McKennan, Pastor
1884 - L McKinnon, Pastor

Concord Presbyterian (AA)
1877-78, M G Hoskins, Pastor

Concord S M E (Methodist) (AA) - Concord
1872 - Listed, but no name for Pastor

East Bethel Baptist - Concord

Ebenezer AME Zion -   PICTURE

Ebenezer Lutheran - Concord
1872 - Listed, but no name for Pastor

Ebenezer Methodist (AA) - Flows   
1884 - _____ Hartry, Pastor

Faith Covenant - Concord

 First Baptist - Concord  Organized in 1886
1892 - Rev. J O Alderman
1896 - Rev. J J Payseur
1898 - Rev Lacy Hogue
1904 - Rev J E Smith
1906 - Rev R H Herring
1910 - Rev S N Watson
After that:  Rev's R E Brown, G V Tilley, G A Martin, E A Tibbs, C H Trueblood
1930 - Rev E S Summers

First Baptist - Kannapolis    PICTURE

First Baptist Church of Mt Pleasant
8549 Lee Street, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124
(704) 436-9260

First Congregational - Mt Pleasant    Historical Marker

First Foursquare - Concord

 First Presbyterian - Kannapolis

First Presbyterian - Concord   Deed exists from Dec 14, 1804.
1872 - L McKinen, Pastor
Other Pastors include: Rev's James E Morriscon, Peter T Penick, Ephraim Harding, Luther McKinnon, Charles M
Payne (Rev. Dr), W C Alexander, George H Cornelson, Dr. James Grier, Jessie C Rowan, and W Emmett Davis.

First Reformed Church - Landis

 Gilwood Presbyterian

Haynes Meeting House - Link to research done by George Thomas on this old church site and cemetery, that was
more than likely located in Cabarrus County 

Holy Trinity Lutheran - Mt Pleasant  (Steeple from old church, now at Henkelite Cemetery)
1872 - L C Groseclose, Pastor
1884 - J B Davis DD, Pastor

Howell's Baptist - page down, short history

Jackson Park United Methodist Church
715 Mable Ave, Kannapolis, NC

Lutheran Union - Mt Pleasant
1884 - T Moser, Pastor

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
1500 South Main Street, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124
(704) 436-9714

 McGill Baptist - Concord

Mt. Carmel Baptist - on Gold Hill Road        SIGN

Mt Carmel Lutheran - Mt Pleasant
1884 - G F Shaeffer, Pastor

Mt Gilead Lutheran - [Picture]   [ Plaque]
11199 Highway 73 East, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124
(704) 436-2606

 Mt Hermon Lutheran  - Concord   [Picture of sign]
1884 - S T Hollman, Pastor

Mt Mitchel Methodist - Concord    [STORY from the newpaper 1955]
1872 - E J Bird, Pastor
1877-78 - ______ Gladstone, Pastor

Mt Olive Lutheran - Mt Pleasant
9400 Gold Hill Road  Mount Pleasant, NC 28124
(704) 436-9527
1884 - W Kimball, Pastor

Mt. Olivet Methodist          Pastors - page down to Concord District
301 Mount Olivet Rd., Concord, NC
1872 - T L Triplet, Pastor
1877-78 - _____Thomas, Pastor
1884 - H P Cole, Pastor
Mount Olivet History


Mt Pleasant Church of God
7920 West Franklin Street, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124
(704) 436-2630

 Mt Pleasant Evangelical Lutheran - Mt Pleasant  
1877-78 - ____ Davis, DD, Pastor
May 8, 1871 - Communicants
Oct 1, 1871 - Communicants
1872-1873 - Communicants
1871-1875 - Confirmations & Baptisms
1868-1875 - Members

Mt Pleasant Methodist - Mt Pleasant
1872 - S Leard, Pastor
1877-78 - ____ Betts, Pastor
1884 - Zebedee Rush, Pastor

Mt. Pleasant Pentecostal Holiness Church - Mt Pleasant         MARKER

Mt Pleasant United Methodist Church - Church Office
1250 North College Street, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124
(704) 436-8845

New Hope Baptist - Concord

New Hope (Methodist) (AA) - Concord
1884 - ______ Hartry, Pastor

New Grace Baptist - Concord

Oak Grove Baptist Church         SIGN       Historial Plaque
2319 North Mount Pleasant Road, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124
(704) 436-6811

Oak Grove United Methodist Church
32056 Herrin Grove Road, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124
(704) 983-6820

Oak Ridge Baptist - Concord

Odell Baptist - Concord

OLD Coldwater Church - Not the present day Cold Water, early beginning of Mt Gilead.

Piney Grove Methodist (AA) - Concord
1884 - _____ Hartry, Pastor

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
425 Mount Pleasant Road North, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124
(704) 436-6331

 Poplar Tent Presbyterian - Concord [Picture]
Early years of the church Rev John Thompson preached under the shade of a large Poplar tree near the spring, which
is a short distance from the present building.
1866 - D A Pinnick, Jr, Pastor
1872 - D A Pinnick, Pastor
1877-78, J H Thomwell, Pastor
1884 - J N Sumerell - Springsville

Poplar Tent Zion Methodist
1884 - D W Smith, Pastor

Prosperity Lutheran
1884 - R W Petrea, Pastor

Reeves' Chapel (Methodist) (AA) - Concord
1884 - ______  Hartry, Pastor

Rock Hill (Zion Methodist) - Concord
1884 - D W Smith, Pastor

Rocky Ridge Baptist    PICTURE
Heathcliff Rd

Rocky Ridge Methodist - Concord
1872 - D R Praton, Pastor
1877-78 - Thos Metre, Pastor
1884 - H P Cole, Pastor

Rocky Ridge Presbyterian - Concord
1877-78 - L McKennan, Pastor

Rocky River Presbyterian - Concord   est. ca 1755
1755 - log church built on the hill on the south side of Rocky River.
First Pastor - Rev Alexander Craighead  Nov 6, 1758-Mar 12, 1766
1768 - new log church built between the mouth of Black Creek and Reed Creek, 1/2 mile from Back Creek.
Hezekiah James Balch - Pastor  Nov 15, 1769-1776
Robert Archibald - Pastor  Nov 7, 1778-1792
Alexander Caldwell - Pastor  1793-Mar 29, 1797
John Makemie Wilson - Pastor  Apr 30, 1802-Jul 30, 1831
1807 - frame church building 40x65 erected where the grave of Rev Daniel A Pennick (Penick) is located in the
present graveyard.
Daniel Lindley - Pastor   Nov 7, 1832-Apr 4, 1834
Daniel Allen Pinnick (Penick) - Pastor  May 6, 1837-Jan 8, 1870
1859 - The present church building was built.
1866 - D A Pinnick (Penick) - Pastor
Joseph Bingham Mack - Pastor  Aug 12, 1871-Dec 8, 1876
1872 - J B Mack, Pastor - Harrisonburg
1884 - J M Wharey, Pastor  Jun 24, 1876-Jul 26, 1886
1877-78, J M Wharey, Pastor - Harris' Depot
1888-1893 - John Gray Anderson - Pastor
1894-1896 - Richard Venable Lancaster - Pastor
1897-1899 - Cornelius Miller  Pastor
1901-1908- Robert Junius Hunter- Pastor 
1909-1916 - James Lapsley -  Pastor
1916-1931 -Thomas Hugh Spence - Pastor
Noteworthy church items:  First marriage was John Anderson (famous hunter) to a daughter of John Rogers, first settler
of Rocky River.   First burial was James Ross, who drowned in the river near Back Creek.  Buried in the first graveyard
nearby.   First child born in the Rocky River settlement was Joseph Rogers, son of John Rogers.

Second Presbyterian Church (AA) - Concord
1869 - Luke Dorland, Pastor
1872 - Luke Dorland, Pastor

Sharon Baptist - Concord

St James Lutheran - Concord  Organized June 1843
1866 - D J Dreher, Pastor
1872 - A G Berthhelm, Pastor
1884 - S T Hollman, Pastor

St James United Church of Christ
1320 North Main Street, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124
(704) 436-6853

St James Reformed Church - (same as above?)
1894 - Organized under the direction of Rev Paul Barringer
July 1896 - Church building was dedicated.

 St John's Evangelical Lutheran  - Concord    PICTURE  (also known as Dutch Buffalo Creek Church)
ca 1771 - Under the direction of  Capt John Paul Barringer, the Lutherans separated from the Reformed bretheran
and built their own church on a site in the present graveyard.  Daniel Jarrett was the contractor, and the building
committee was Capt Barringer.  The church was built largely from Capt Barringer's own expense; and a large pew
was built for his family.
during Rev War - Adolphus Nussman first pastor
6 Nov 1784 - Resolution passed to build new building.
July 1785 - new building dedicated; it was called the "Old Red Meeting House"
1845 - Present building was built
1866 - L C Groseclose, Pastor
1872 - L C Groseclose, Pastor
1877-78 - W Petrea, Pastor
1884 - R W Petrea, Pastor
1888 - Church was remodeled;

St Martins Lutheran - Bost's Mill    PICTURE
1884 - T Moser, Pastor

St Paul's Methodist      
1869 - E A Simmons, Pastor

St Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran - Gold Hill
1884 - W Kimball, Pastor

St Stephens Wesleyan Methodist Church    PICTURE
off of Barrier-Georgeville Rd on Brusharbor Road

Trinity Lutheran - Concord

Trinity Reformed Church - (same as above?)
May of 1884 - Cornerstone was laid.
1885 - First meeting held in new church
1886 - Dedication sermon preached by Dr G W Welker.
1926 - New building dedicated, Rev H A Fesperman preached the sermon.

Trinity Lutheran - Mill Hill
1884 - W A Lutz, Pastor

Union Methodist - Concord
1869 - R R Pegues, Pastor
1872 - T L Triplet, Pastor
1877-78 - ____ Thomas, Pastor

Westminster Presbyterian (AA) - Rev Frank Logan was pastor at one time.

Zion AME Methodist (AA)- began as Zion Chapel in 1859, oldest African American church in Concord.  Zion Wesley Institute was started to educate church members......later changed to Livingstone College which relocated to Salisbury.Members of this church formed Price Temple, which is now Price Memorial AME Zion Church in 1895.  Then some members of this church started the First Congregational Church in 1902, which is now the First United Church of Christ.  (Concord, a bicentenial sketch - Clarence E Horton, Jr)
1884 - J M Hill, Pastor

Zion Methodist - Mt Pleasant
1884 - E J Harris, Pastor

Zion Methodist - Springsville
1884 - D W Smith, Pastor

Zion Presbyterian - Concord
1884 - _____ Arrowwood, Pastor

Zion Wesley AME Zion Church
9001 Reid Street, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124
(704) 436-9753

Meadow Creek Baptist Church Minutes - Stanly Co (names associated with Cabarrus County are seen here).

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