The History of our Church​

Pastors of TBC

• Robert Hess            1954 ~ 1961

• Alfred Mersman     1962 ~ 1965

• Ray Brown              1966 ~ 1968

• Gene Graham          1968 ~ 1975

• Stanley Cline          1976 ~ 1988

• Tony Fox                 1988 ~ 1998

• Brian Beaver          1998 ~ 1999

• Mark Brown           1999 ~ 2003

• Sam Gobble            2004 ~ 2006

• Bill Adams Jr.         2006 ~ 2014

• Dan Caldwell          2015 ~ 2018

To God be the glory, great things He hath done!

• Tabernacle Baptist Church began in January of 1954.
  

• First Pastor was Robert Hess, whom received $15.00 per week.
  

• Church began in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bame on Ryan Street in Salisbury.
  

• First church building was located at 3 Shives Street, which was formerly a store building.

• The current building of Tabernacle Baptist Church was constructed by the members in 1957-1958.
  

• The cost of the building was $32,000.

• First service in the new building was held in September of 1958.

• First Missionary family was Paul Wimer, serving in Alaska.

• First 3 deacons were: Mr. Boyden Walter, Mr. Walter Brittain, and Mr. Percy Smith

• First baptism was on December 18, 1960.

• The Educational Building or Fellowship Hall was dedicated on December 12, 1970.

• The kitchen, which once was a pantry was constructed and completed in 1998.

• The bathrooms were completed in 2005.

• There were 20 young people saved during Vacation Bible School in 2005.

• New sign out front was finished on April 19, 2007.

• Baptist Christian School was founded in the fall of 2018.

• A new sign for the Reformer’s Unanimous Program was finished in January 2019.​