A note from our Pastor. . .
Welcome to Red Mountain Baptist Church. We are so thankful that you are interested in our church family. We are honored that you would take the time to check us out on the web. I hope you will find the information here to be beneficial to your life.
At Red Mountain we are all on a journey together, as we live in Jesus Christ. It is our goal to help you on your journey, wherever you are. We believe that Jesus provides the answer we need for living every day. When we gather together, we seek to provide an atmosphere for an intimate encounter with God through our Sunday School classes and worship services.
I want to invite you to worship with us if you are ever in the Rougemont area. We look forward to having you as our guests in worship and Sunday School. There is a class for everyone. It is through small-group Bible study, that we grow as a community and develop new friends that help us on our life journey.
If you are looking for a church home, it would be my privilege to be your pastor, and we would love to have you join our fellowship.
We pray that today you would experience God in a fresh, new way and that you would join us soon.
For God’s glory,
Pastor Dave Pryor
Our Roots
Serving Christ and Our Community for over 140 years.
1881 – Red Mountain Baptist Church was established. The church began in a brush arbor setting where a small frame church soon sprang up. This church burned down; and then a larger frame church was built. The material for this church came from an old school house in Bahama and was brought in on wagons.
Originally, church services were held on the first and third Sundays and baptisms were held at Bowling’s Mill (Moore’s Mill Rd.) on Flat River on designated Sundays, with church services to follow.
1882 – October – Red Mountain was accepted into the Mt. Zion Association.
1927 – Members elected to build a larger church. Materials were brought in by train to the Rougemont depot, and transferred by horse and wagon to the present location. In 1928 the outside was refinished with brick.
1963 – Red Mountain Church begins having services every Sunday morning and Sunday evening.
1979 – Educational Building was built and dedicated in 1979.
1984 – An addition to the church Sanctuary was built and dedicated in April 1985. A note burning was held in April 1989.
2002 – June – The church completed and dedicated a new 5348 square foot Education/Fellowship Building Addition.
2012 – A mission team (from Red Mountain) is sent to Moldova and continues to go every year (except 2020 during the Covid pandemic)
2019 – July – Construction begins for a new Fellowship Hall (aka Family Life Center). The existing Fellowship Hall was reconstructed for additional Sunday School rooms and offices.
2020 August – The Family Life Center is completed. “Homecoming” on September 20th, 2020 was the first official church wide gathering in the new facility. The $1.2 million loan was paid off November, 2024. A Note Burning Service is schedule for Sunday, January 26th, 2025.
“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,” Ephesians 3:20
A List of our pastors since 1881
1881 – 1885 – Rev. Jesse Howe
1885 – Rev. J.A. Beams
Date Unknown – Rev. Hudson
1919 – 1936 – Rev. J.L. Martin
1936 – 1954 – Rev. Bass; Rev. Gravitte; Rev. E.J. Caldwell; Rev. J.V. Frederick; Rev. Clarence Baker; Rev. O.L. Riggs
1954 – 1956 – Rev. W.H. Lewis; Rev. Lamar Kincade; Rev. W.J. Edwards, Rev. L.A. Norman
09/09/1956 – 12/31/1961 – Rev. Thad Ashley
07/01/1962 – 02/1964 – Rev. Hubert Barnes
10/1964-02/1967 – Rev. O.T. Hooks
12/1967 – 1969 – Rev. J. Griffin Bailey
1971 – 1974 – Rev. Clarence Randolph
11/10/1974 – 09/26/1976 – Rev. Richard Shaw
02/23/1977 – 10/30/1988 – Rev. Tommy Jordan
10/29/1989 – 1992 – Rev. Travis Tobin
1994 – 11/09/1997 – Rev. David Thomas
11/1997 – 09/1998 – Rev. Joe Glenn (Interim Pastor)
09/20/1998 – 02/03/2003 – Rev. Seth Polk
08/29/2004 – Present – Rev. Dave Pryor
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