The Reverend Archibald Stobo
established our church in 1706. He was educated at Edinburgh
University and arrived in Charleston in 1700 to be the Pastor of the Independent
Congregational Church. During his six years in Charleston, he
established five Presbyterian Churches, of which ours was one.
The earliest recorded church structure
was in 1724, but a building may have existed prior to this time.
According to tradition, the original building was destroyed by fire
during the Revolutionary War. The second building was of colonial
design. It was raised from the ground so that graves could be placed
beneath it.
After the Civil War and the departure
of so many members to the Northern denomination, Church services were
held in private homes. Communion was not served until 1868. On April
4th of that year, a new church was erected: a whitewashed
cypress board structure of twenty feet by twenty feet. On April 5th,
the Reverend T. H. Law dedicated the new house of worship according to
the existing standards of the Presbyterian Church.
The third building was razed in 1909 to
make room for the present gothic style church. The pastor at that time
was Reverend Smith. The building was completed and paid for in 1911.
In 1939, States Lee Lebby gave the annex for four classrooms. This is
now the Church office. In 1949, an educational building northwest of
the church was added. In 1954, the sanctuary was enlarged.
The church was remodeled after yet
another fire in 1981, and the present facilities include sanctuary,
offices, education building, and a fellowship hall. We have grown from
a small congregational unable to support a pastor into a thriving
community of over 600 souls. The church has experienced the trauma of
war, hurricane, earthquake, and fire, but has continued to serve God
and our fellow man as faithful disciples of Christ.
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