In 1880 Messrs. Haywood Johnson and Ruffus Oliver, along with a small group of Christians, formed Oliver’s Grove Baptist Church to share the good news of God reconciling man to Himself. As the oldest Baptist church in the southern portion of the Johnston Baptist Association, Oliver’s Grove was a charter member of the Johnston Baptist Association (now Triangle East Baptist Association) which organized in 1903.
The history of Oliver’s Grove is rich in church planting, with the “Church on the Hill” being instrumental in organizing Four Oaks Baptist Church, Benson Baptist Church, Blackmon’s Grove Baptist Church, and Burnell Baptist Church.
Oliver’s Grove strives to meet the spiritual needs of the community.Growing from a one-room building, the church is now an intergenerational congregation that values worship, fellowship, spiritual formation, and missions.
