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Category: Churches

Praise Tabernacle Church, 1975

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4052 Hiram-Lithia Springs Road Powder Springs, GA 30127 Praise Tabernacle Church was organized and founded in 1975. The church had purchased property on Hiram-Lithia Springs Road to build their worship center, where they did build in 1978. Reverend Thomas (Tommy) J. Chapman was their first Pastor, a founding member and still serves as Pastor today. […]

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Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery

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Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery 2433 Brownsville Road Powder Springs, GA 1850 The Pleasant Hill Baptist Church was established on June 7, 1850 on what is now the corner of Brownsville Road and Pine Valley Road. The land directly behind the church was set aside for their cemetery. The earliest marked grave was on February […]

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Pleasant Hill Baptist Church -1850

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Pleasant Hill Baptist Church was established on June 7, 1850 on what is now the corner of Brownsville Road and Pine Valley Road. The Church was constituted by Reverend Robert McMinn and P. M. Rice and started as a brush arbor structure. In 1867, after the civil war, the blacks removed themselves from Pleasant Hill […]

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Macedonia Baptist Church

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Macedonia Baptist Church 3478 Macedonia Road The Macedonia Baptist Church was established in the late 1870s on Macedonia Road. It was one of the first black churches in the state. After the Civil War, Alfred Broadnax, a freed slave, left his family in Marietta to start a job. He wanted to work so he could […]

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Old Friendship Baptist Church

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Old Friendship Baptist Church 1853 The Church was organized in 1853 by slaves with the help of Rev. John Jennings. Their first place of worship was a Brush Arbor built on one half acre of land donated by Mr. Jim Hardage, a plantation owner. The slaves worshipped in the Brush Arbor from 1854 to 1865. […]

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New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery About 1889

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The New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is located on Brownsville Road in Powder Springs and adjacent to the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. The New Hope Missionary Baptist Church was established in 1867 after the Civil War when the blacks were led by the spirit of Christ to look for new hope in their […]

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Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery

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Powder Springs, Georgia 1960 The Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery was established in 1960 and is located behind the Powder Springs Christian Fellowship Center at 4050 Austell-Powder Springs Road. This was the original Church of God Prophecy built in 1960. The cemetery backs up to the Methodist Cemetery. The first burial was in December […]

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Historic Baptist Cemetery, Powder Springs, 1840

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The Baptist Cemetery was established in 1840 and is the oldest cemetery in Powder Springs. It is located downtown on the corner of Jackson Way and Pineview Drive. The earliest marked burial is dated 1840 and is that of the infant daughter of W. Jaud Kiser, one month and 26 days. Her mother was Nancy […]

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Visitor Information

4355 Marietta Street
Powder Springs, Georgia 30127
678-626-0799
or call the city @ 770-943-1666, ext 450
** FREE ADMISSION **
Hours of Operation
Wednesday 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Saturday 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Sunday 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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