Gwinnett County GaArchives Church Records.....Winder Christian Church Copyright Date 1911
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Winder.

	The above church was organized in August, 1884, by S. S. Landrum and 
B. W. Golightly. A church building was erected during 1885 and '86, and 
dedicated in October, 1886, by B. W. Golightly.

	The pastors since the beginning of 1887 have been in succession, as 
follows: T. M. Foster, W. A. Chastain, T. M. Foster, E. L. Shelnut, W. F. 
Reagor, Jno. H. Wood, W. S. Withers, L. A. Winn, S P. Speigel, Jno. H. Wood, 
William Shaw, P. H. Mears and Jno. H. Wood, the present pastor. With the 
present pastorate, and the two previous periods, Jno. H. Wood will have served 
the Winder Christian church ten years at the close of 1911. He has done a 
great work and has not only endeared himself to the membership of his church, 
but to the membership of the other churches and the citizenship of the entire 
city and surrounding country.

	The church since its organization has had a number of able and 
consecrated ministers who have labored untiringly for its spiritual growth and 
advancement. Great meetings have been held during the past twenty-seven years 
by B. W. Golightly, W. A. Chastain, T. M. Foster, E. L. Shelnut, Jno. H. Wood, 
S. P. Speigel, P. H. Mears, W. E. Harlow and E. E. Violett; and during the 
past five years the membership has grown from 122 to 256

	During the year 1908, through the indominitable determination of its 
pastor, Jno. H. Wood, and the loyalty and liberality of the members and 
donations from friends, a church building was erected to replace the old one 
at a cost of over $14,000. There are few church buildings outside of the large 
cities that will surpass it in all of its departments and in its architectural 
designs. This church has a bright future for doing good and helping to 
increase the moral and spiritual uplift of the growing little city. of Winder, 
a portion of which is in the great old county of Gwinnett.


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GWINNETT CHURCHES
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF EVERY CHURCH
IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA,
WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF ITS
MINISTERS
BY
J. C. FLANIGAN
1911

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