Bethany Presbyterian Church in Centreville, Mississippi

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While driving out to Fort Davis, Mississippi to check out a semi abandoned church I came across the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Centreville, Mississippi. The little church sits just off the main road next to a neighboring house.

Bethany Presbyterian Church in Centreville, Mississippi – History

The Bethany Presbyterian Church in Centreville, Mississippi was organized in 1808 with a centennial celebration in October 1908. The first minutes of record date back to 1818. Bethany Presbyterian Church is the fourth Presbyterian church to be organized in the area and is called the Mother of Churches.”

The first building was made from logs and was about 4 miles from its current church’s location. Their is no information as to why they moved the building or what happened to the second building. The third and current building was built in 1855 and sits about 6 miles of Centreville, Mississippi in Ariel, Mississippi

The way the historical marker reads it sounds like the second building was lost to fire and the current building was built to replace the lost one.

Sources:

1. 1. Historical Marker
   2. Ancestral Trackers

Bethany Presbyterian Church in Centreville, Mississippi – Current Condition

The church is in great shape. By that I mean the exterior looks good. I haven’t seen the inside but with an other church like this, from experience, the interior is in good shape as well. At some point, I hope to visit again and photograph the interior.

According to Ancestral Trackers Bethany Presbyterian Church in Centreville, Mississippi  has always had steady membership with its most members just after the Civil War with nearly 200 enrolled!

Some of the early ministers were: Rev James Smiley, Silas Hazzard, John Patterson, Ephraim Thomas McLean, H M Morrison, S M Montgomery, John A Smiley, J H Coble, R H Munn and Robert Samuel McAllister. The present pastor is James Spencer.

The church is still active and according to the signs the church still holds services on Sundays.

If anyone knows more about the church’s history and wants to add to this article please contact me and we can talk about it.

Images

Images were shot early afternoon on a sunny day. I used Sony a6000 using my Sony SELP18105G E PZ 18-105mm F4 G OSS with my new K&F Concept SA254T1 Camera Tripod. The images were then edited with Adobe Lightroom CC and Topaz Labs A.I. Clear  and DXO NIK Collection to clean up the images, remove noise, and recover the lost details.