The War

Between The States was over by four years when Line Creek

Baptist Church began in what is now Peachtree City.

Organized

in August 1869 under a brush arbor, the first membership

numbered six people. It currently enjoys a membership of

500 people.

Its first

permanent house of worship was built in 1875 and this

building was taken down in 1980 to construct its current

sanctuary. The fellowship hall was added in 1992.

The senior

citizens' group meets second Tuesdays, AWANA meets during

the school term each year, and once a year, a ladies'

ministry dinner is conducted with the men serving the

ladies of the church. The ladies meet first Tuesdays.

The church

is especially proud of its Silent Witness group, a class

of 15 people who have learned to sign.

Pastor the

Rev. Franklin Treadwell has served the congregation for

27 years.

He was born

in Carroll County and his family moved to Coweta County

when he was 13 years old.

He served

in the United States Air Force for eight years. He later

felt the pull into ministry and accepted the call to

pastor at Line Creek Baptist in 1972.

He and his

wife of 43 years, Mary, are the parents of five children:

Leslie Chitwood, Latrelle Strickland, Lesa Royal and

Jeffrey Treadwell, all of Newnan, and LeAnn Brown of Gay,

Ga. They enjoy seven grandchildren and one

great-grandchild.

Worship

services are each Sunday at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday

School is at 10 a.m. There is a ladies' Bible study

Tuesdays at 10 a.m., an adult Bible study Wednesdays at 7

p.m. and a prayer meeting Saturdays at 9 a.m.

The church

is at 2711 Ga. Highway 54 W, Peachtree City, and can be

reached at 770-487-9453.

After a

year in this location, they looked around to see how they

might better their worship experience, plus they needed a

school in the community for their children.

A white

neighbor, Flimester Arnold, gave them land to build their

own church and he also gave them a stock of trees from

which they acquired lumber for the project.

In 1897 the

first building was constructed on the site of the current

church, on Holly Grove Church Road in what is now

southern Peachtree City.

1940s the structure became old and unsafe and it the

congregation decided to rebuild. The new structure stood

until 1943 when a tornado completely demolished it,

leaving only a Bible and a chair untouched.

Again the

congregation began a rebuilding project and in 1944

another new building was in place.

In 1957

this building was remodeled inside and out and by 1969,

the congregation was really progressing, both financially

and spiritually. Many who had drifted away returned and

in the mid 1970s the current structure was built.

The senior

pastor is the Rev. David Morrow and the associate pastor

is the Rev. Frances McAlpin. They came to the church in

June 1997.

Morrow was

born and reared in Palmetto, Ga. He had worked for the

Sears Company for over 20 years, when he felt the call

into ministry.

He is

currently enrolled at the International Theological

Center, Atlanta.

He lives in

Atlanta with his wife, Mamie, and they are the parents of

four children - David, Delethia, Devon and Darren

- and the grandparents of three - Joslyn,

Deshawna and Deanthony.

Sunday

School is each Sunday at 10 a.m. with the worship service

at 11 a.m. There is an evening prayer service each

Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and Bible study follows at 7 p.m.

The church

is at 400 Holly Grove Church Road, which runs off both

Redwine Road and Robinson Road. The church can be reached

at 770-631-7650.

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