The History of New Ho e M th dist ~hurch
New Hope Church wa organi d in the ho e of Wi ey
1'lestbr 0 Sr. out 1 39' F th ounty ea Ga" e v Ie,
G or ia.
There w e fourteen cha t r mber~ fr m the C ~ urn,
Tatem, Patt rson, Dani 1 and ·e tb 0 k fam lies.
They started cutting logs at once and soon a smal
log church was erected nea a la e rin on the Gain vi
public oad. Th la d was onated qy Wi ey West ro r.
The benches were made of 10 s pI t o.en, with e Ie
The ch ch was ca led "Head of th C eek" because f the
lar e pri near y. The a of the Church an the
a ary of th pastor are _at kY l o
The second bu Idin wa b t s aft r the Ci i war.!
This was a boa d ildin ar er han the fir t and bit
on the same plot of ground. The cost of this build"ng wa
small. There i no record of the Past r , salary.
The th~ d ch rch b ildi_ wa e ect d ab ut 1879 ~
acros the oad fr the old chur h place on a new lot of
groun d nate by John R. Westbro k. The ost of the b il
ing wa', about ~50o. Re . L. P. linter~ was one of the f" st
pa tor . The peo Ie ere oud an ha fY abo t the ew
church they wanted 0 e it a new name. Becau e of the
bright hope it put in their h art , they named it E'i~ HOPE.
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Segars being Pa. tor. This church I{as stri k n by li~htning
and burned Jul 13, 194 .
Fven a th f urth church bur ec, the ember r annE to~
uild a fifth:~rl in four 1nth a eautif
buil ing to th ~. p old ml d. The va ue of th'
hurch is $8U1 •
Th a ue of th ha gE arr' a i'" ~?O This ~
the second a c ur h r 0 tv. It ntains he t. u~t a se.-
The pro_erty owne the chur h ansi ts of one acre
for ce ter , on ac e for r a k'ne; at, an ne acre fo
church yard. The va.lu of this r un is .~5(\O.
The Sun ay choo wa 0 a i7 d bout 87 . The f'r.t
u erinte de 1t was E i foon p j wh se v d twenty ears.
01 O'..rin him were M. Nor ar, A ison, pu i , ,Tec;tbroa n
Bar on. {. c. T lim se vo twent -fi e ars. The pr sent
uperintendent is Ha Bennett.
The Ii s1.onar Societ r v;a ani d in 8?4 y 5
Bert .Tinter "'ith e ght cha te :nembe s. s. Sa _ F '" e
was the first re ident. t reo; nt, S15 , we hav_ iy
teen memb rs with Ij i7.8 th 8m th a p e 'dent.
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The tvro mdmiste s sent out by the church a e D. S. v
Patterson and James Singleton.
The most outstandina pastor f the church wa the v
Reverend Bob ,a s. The mo. t t tand"n 1
fa the Reverend Matt Hu hes ho had reeu a arro t 'nts
for about twenty ears.
Many reat riv' als have been hel un' r th ead r.
f our pa~tors, es ecial Reve e d . P. Winter, Bob Eaks v
and Glenn Davis.
The present membe shi of h church is ab ut on h dre .
~he~Rev ren James tlyes is the e ent pa to .
This history has been tak n from the church re ister
and from tome of the 01 er member .
,. Some of the ministers h haTe e 7 d a ch a P:
. P. Hinter
R. A. k.
Venable
E. D. vri ht
'J. J. Hanson
G. \-I. Farr
Glenn ravis
alter E. Arnold
J. • Fowler
!. Q Cr",wley
J. T. Balis
J. 'H. Austin
A.Lester
H. 1o. Norris
Lucien Fa er
C. T. Ivey
l. B. !hittaker
L. A. McLaughlin
. Spe
. T. H"nd
illiams
G. Hamilton
vI. B. 11ills
F. C. OFFN
H. O. Green
Geor~e P. Gar
J. . Coffman
T. M. LUKE
J. f. Se ars
1"'- O. Sp_1. nce
Z. vT. -alo/'ks
L. G. owart
G. C. Kno'i{les
O. S ence
Claude Patte son
v. O. Gentry
Ja e Styles
