Flat Creek Baptist Church, 250th anniversary

2025-2026 Bill 5551: Flat Creek Baptist Church, 250th anniversary - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5551
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. C. Mitchell, Yow, B. Newton, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lastinger, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, Moss, Neese, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Scott, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis and Wooten
Document Path: LC-0511VR-RM26.docx
Introduced in the House on April 21, 2026
Adopted by the House on April 21, 2026
Summary: Flat Creek Baptist Church, 250th anniversary
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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4/21/2026

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Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 8
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
04/21/2026

A
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RESOLUTION

TO COMMEND FLAT
CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH OF LANCASTER COUNTY FOR TWO AND A HALF CENTURIES OF
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO EXTEND WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OCCASION
OF THE CHURCH'S HISTORIC TWO HUNDRED FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY.

W
hereas, having been
organized on July 4, 1776, Flat Creek Baptist Church of Lancaster County will
celebrate its historic two hundred fiftieth anniversary in 2026, thus sharing
its venerable founding date and anniversary with those of our beloved country;
and

W
hereas, the fledgling
church was first led by the Reverend George Pope, a native of Virginia and the
church's organizer. Flat Creek Baptist held its first meetings in a brush arbor
on its present site and was known as the Upper Fork of Lynches Creek until it
was renamed Flat Creek Baptist Church in 1881; and

W
hereas, Flat Creek's
first permanent sanctuary, a log building, was replaced by a frame sanctuary
that was lost to fire in 1912. The sanctuary was rebuilt in 1913 and rebuilt
once again in 1943 under the leadership of Pastor L.W. Edwards. In addition,
the church is blessed to have its own cemetery, a tranquil spot just across the
road from the sanctuary; and

W
hereas, located at the
intersection of Old Jefferson Highway and Victory Road, this charming church is
easy to spot by the historical marker on church property near the road. The
marker, erected in 1997 by the Lancaster County Historical Commission, features
a short history of Flat Creek Baptist; and

W
hereas, standing on
the shoulders of its early pastors and members, Flat Creek's congregation
"press[es] toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus" (Philippians 3:14, KJV), continuing to preach and teach the Word of God
under the Reverend Bart Miles's leadership as current pastor; and

W
hereas, Flat Creek
Baptist Church has been a beacon of light in Lancaster County for two hundred
fifty years, and, God willing, will continue its godly heritage in many more
years of worship and service. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
House of Representatives
:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
House of Representatives
,
by this resolution, commend Flat Creek Baptist Church of Lancaster County for
two and a half centuries of service to the community and extend warmest
congratulations on the occasion of the church's historic two hundred fiftieth
anniversary.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the Reverend Bart Miles for Flat
Creek Baptist Church of Lancaster County.

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