Primitive Baptist Church and Family History
Research Assistance for Atkinson County, Georgia
CHURCHES:
ARNA (ARNA)(1888)
REFUGE (PEARSON) (1917)
Refuge Church was constituted on July 7, 1917, as an arm of Arna Church. The presbytery consisted of Elders I. A. Wetherington, H. W. Parrish, and W. H. Tomlinson. The church was constituted with 22 members. They chose Elder L. M. Guthrie as pastor. Later pastors who have served include Elders John Davis, M. T. Sheppard, P. J. Dukes, George Tomlinson, J. S. Crews, H. Vickery, Sam Crews, Howard Weaver, W. L. Carter, Mayhew Young, Alton Carter, Thomas Lee, and Lamar Sheppard.
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