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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Bartletts Mills Baptist Church
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Description area
Dates of existence
1888-[1997?]
History
A Baptist Church formed in 1888 in the small community of Bartletts Mills, New Brunswick, in the parish of St. Croix. Before July 1888 the Baptists of Bartletts Mills were connected with the church in Bayside, New Brunswick. Aside from the occasional service held in the schoolhouse at Bartletts Mills, members of the church had to drive eight or more miles to Bayside to worship. Due to this inconvenience, a council was conducted with the Bayside church to investigate the possibility of creating an independent Baptist church in Bartletts Mills. The result of this council was the formation of a new church, which united with the Oak Bay field. At this time Reverend F.S. Todd was pastor of the Oak Bay group of churches and therefore became the first pastor of the Bartletts Mills Baptist Church.
The first deacons were Robert Richardson, Hosea Little, and William Munny. G.H. Bartlett was the first clerk and served faithfully in that capacity until his death in 1928. In October of 1888 construction of the church building began. It was erected the following year and dedicated in November 1889. In 1952 an adjoining vestry was added to the church to accommodate more children attending the beginners and primary classes at the church. The church and vestry were wired for electricity in 1953.