A Place to Minister
Friendship began as a mission church in 1990. The Director of Missions, Rev. Boe Stanley and the Mission Development Committee had a vision to plant a church in an area targeted for growth in Houston County. In August of that year, fifteen people met in the assembly room of the Rehoboth Baptist Association and founded Friendship Baptist Mission. Brother Boe served as the first pastor and a five-acre site was acquired on Feagin Mill Road for the future site of Friendship Baptist Church.
Rev. Tim Millwood served as pastor from January 1992 until June of 2004. During his ministry, the mission formally constituted and became a completely autonomous church in April, 1995. On May 3, 1992 groundbreaking ceremonies were held on our present site and later that month construction began. For the next three months, numerous volunteer crews from Georgia and surrounding states as well as local volunteers worked to complete construction and a dedication ceremony was held August 23, 1992.
In September 1996, construction began on the present Worship Center and a dedication ceremony was held on March 16, 1997. The Family Life Center was completed in October of 2002. Dr. Paul Cowles was called as pastor in March of 2005 and continues to lead Friendship Baptist Church as they fulfill the Great Commission.
