JOHNSON CITY — In 1772, four years before the United States of America was formed, a Baptist church was established on the banks of Sinking Creek in present day Johnson City.
On Sunday, Sept. 18, members of Sinking Creek Baptist Church, celebrated the 250th anniversary of the oldest church in both the Tennessee Baptist Convention and the state of Tennessee.
“It is a great honor to be pastor during this momentous occasion and follow in the footsteps of so many giants in the faith,” said pastor Chuck Babb.
“We emphasize that this church would have long ago ceased to exist without the providence and power of God,” he noted. “We are not special but our history is unique,” Babb affirmed.
The pastor observed that God has sustained Sinking Creek through Indian attacks, revolution, financial ruin that threatened the early republic, the American Civil War, World War I, a Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, a divisive war in Vietnam and the conflicts to follow. [Read more…]