History:

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church was established in 1879. The building, constructed of logs, was originally located where Lucian and Catherine Cook's house is today, on O'Brien Road.

A New Church Building:

Sometime before 1926, Mt. Gilead School burned. Classes were held in the church while the new school was being built in front of it.

In 1926 it was decided to build a new church where the old school was once located. Lonnie and Maggie Coffman donated the land to build the church on for as long as it was a church; however, if the church dissolved, the land would return to the Coffman family. A deed was finally issued in 1956.

The new building looked much like the old one, but it was lighted by gas lamps until it was wired for electricity in 1946.

Additions To The Church Building:

1954 - Four new Sunday School rooms were added to the back of the church, and a new pulpit was installed.

1967 - The Young Adult Sunday School room was added.

1968 - Air conditioning was installed.

1974 - The church installed a pump, added bathrooms, enlarged the auditorium, built new Sunday School rooms, installed new carpet, bought new pews, built the baptistry, and bricked the church.

1975 - Parking lot blacktopped.

1977 - The Fellowship Hall was added and dedicated to Mr. Ed McCaslin who served the church faithfully for 37 years.