Association, but when the Wayland Blue Ridge Baptist Association

Association, but when the Wayland Blue Ridge Baptist Association was organized in 1888 it pulled out and joined the new association. Two of the members, Lewis Morton, and Charles C. Lewis, Sr. walked to Culpeper to attend the first meeting of the new association. They left very early in the morning, reached Culpeper in time for the opening session at 11 a m., and returned home after adjournment. Rev. John T. Williams became the fourth pastor in 1913. In 1917, the pastor and members decided to build a second church at a cost of $ 2,200 by Herbert Bruce. The comer stone was laid in 1922 by the Odd Fellows of Washington, VA. Church minutes of the 1890s kept by Deacon C.C. Lewis, Sr., bring out some of the problems of the times. The deacons were rather stem and worked hard to maintain high standards of moral conduct. Several mentions are made of members being “excluded” from the church. However, excluded members, after proving good conduct and appearing before the Board could be reinstated. Another matter of interest is that, in this period, this church was rented by the Piedmont School Board for $25 a year for at least two years, and classes were held there. Rev. L.M. Carroll, fifth pastor was called in 1932. As the congregation grew, parking and other facilities proved to be inadequate, so in 1960 a lot was purchased from Miss Louise (TBannon of Sperryville, and a third church was started. In 1961, when the old Masonic Lodge property in Sperryville was sold, the members of the congregation bought the building for $400, tore it down and used the material in the new church. It was reported that some of the hand-hewn