Sardis Baptist Facts

In the past ten years we have ordained four women into the Christian ministry; two of them - Rev. Tillie Duncan & Rev. Mandy England Cole - currently serve as pastors in the congregation.

We were honored by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina for missions giving and commitment, when we were a part of that organization.

We partnered with three other Baptist churches to build a Habitat for Humanity house, and have been a sponsoring congregation for the first two "clergy-built" Habitat houses in the country.

We received a Lily Endowment funded grant from the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship.

We were recognized by Baptist Women in Ministry of North Carolina, receiving the "Church Award" for advancing the cause of women in ministry.

We broke away from old Baptist partnerships that desired to tell us what we could and could not do and embraced the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the Alliance of Baptists - groups that have encouraged our church to go where the Spirit leads.