From Sept. 18-25, Pleasant Grove Church, Fountain Inn, will celebrate 50 years of “Learning from the Past,” (Sept. 18) “Living in the Present” (Sept. 19-22) and “Looking to the Future” (Sept. 25).
On Sept. 18, former pastors Jake Thornhill and Tony Beam will speak, with dinner on the grounds following. Then, nightly from Sept. 19-22, guest preachers Kenneth Owens, Mike Avants, Scott Brewington and Bill Gressett will lead revival services. Finally, on Sept. 25, evangelist and author Clayton King will speak in the 10:30 a.m. worship service.
Pleasant Grove Church was founded on Sept. 24, 1961, when a group of 92 people met in the old Harmony Elementary School building. The old schoolhouse was used until 1962 when a new auditorium and parsonage were built. Through the years, extra classroom and office space was added, as well as a fellowship hall. In 1994, the current worship center was built, and the family life center was added in 2000.
The church has had five pastors in its five-decade history: Ben Williams, James Oglesby, Jake Thornhill, Tony Beam and current pastor Phil Whitt.
Pictured is the old schoolhouse where members of Pleasant Grove Church, Fountain Inn, first met.
The Pleasant Grove campus today.