Sumter County · Marker 43-31

Enon Baptist Church

3805 Starks Ferry Rd. near Bethel Church Rd., Sumter

Front inscription

This church was organized in 1872 by Rev. Benjamin Lawson and held early services in a brush arbor. The first sanctuary, a log building, was built about 1883, during the ministry of Rev. S.B.Taylor; its timbers were reused to build a frame sanctuary in 1905. The present sanctuary here, dedicated in 1972, was built during the ministry of Rev. T.O. Everette, who served Enon from 1958 to 1980.

County
Sumter
Region
Midlands
City or vicinity
Sumter
Year approved
2000
Erected by
Sumter County Historical Association
Coordinates
33.834683, -80.438733

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