Our History
The story of our church from its beginnings, all the way back from 1802, to the present day, is a story of God's faithfulness. Many men, women, including multiple generations of families, have served the Lord here at the Baptist Church of Northville by God's grace. Our prayer is that we would continue to serve Him faithfully until our Lord returns.
"At a meeting held on July 11, 1802, in the town of Northampton in the home of Eli Stone (overlooking the plain on which the village of Northville now stands), a small band of believers – 12 men and 4 women – joined together to form the “Brotherly Conference,” desiring to secure the fellowship of the Baptist denomination. At that meeting, a motion was made that a general conference be held 'for all the Baptist people in the place to see if we could find out each other’s mind and whereabouts we stood, or if there was any reason in our keeping at such a distance from each other.' Three conferences took place, the first two being unsuccessful. On August 7, 1802, the third general conference of the 'Brotherly Conference' convened and out of the representatives of many Baptist churches, a creed was drawn up and agreed upon, and a church was formed."
-Excerpt from The History of the Baptist Church of Northville