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FOUNDED BEFORE FREEDOM. 1749.
Rowan Baptist Church
Rowan Baptist Church organized in 1749 as Great Cohera General Baptist Church, by Reverend Edward Brown. Brown was the first minister, and served from 1749-1783. Rowan was known to be the first Baptist Church between Smithfield and Wilmington, NC.








OUR PREACHERS 1749-PRESENT

Clay Carter
2016-present

N. Ray Phillips
2003-2015

Gregory A. Day
1997-2001

Karl Pittard
1994-1996

Richard Moretz
1990-1992

C. Michael Shook
1979-1989

D. Dana Scrivner

Millard M. Johnson
1952-1974

Roy R. McCulloch
1947-1952

E. Sumpter Morgan
1944-1947

Edward A. Walker
1940-1944

E.C. Chamblee
1938-1940

H.G. Bryant
1935-1937

W.R. Beach
1928-1934

N.D. Blackman
1924-1928

N.E. Gresham
1923

A.L. Turner
1920-1923

E.L. Weston
1916-1919

B.F. Deloache
1910-1915

Jesse Martin Page
1906-1910

J.D. Larkins
1902-1906

J.J. Douglas
1900-1902

O.P. Meeks
1892-1897

G.S. Best
1889-1892

W.H. Howard
1886-1889

J.O. Tew
1882-1886

J.W. Bell
1879-1882

W.H. Howard
1877-1878

H.J. Duncan
1875-1877

Alfred Guy
1871-1872

W.H. Howard
1870

G.S. Best
1857-1861

William Kennedy
1854-1857

Lewis Johnson
1852

George Wallace
1851

Stephen Senter
1849

Jerry Howell
1847-1848

S.F. Williams
1846

Stephen Senter
1845-1846

J.W. West
1844-1845

D.L. Williams
1836-1844

George Brown
1831-1836

Joshua Sikes
1790-1808

William Cooper
1786-1790

Fleet Cooper
1785-1786

Edward Brown
1749-1783
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