Church Profile
Finding Fellowship in the Primitive Baptist Faith
Columbia Primitive Baptist Church
Pastor: Chuck Smith, Interim Pastor
<p>Constituted in 1792, Elder John Welsh, First Pastor. Originally named, "Church of Jesus Christ at Hammond Branch" near a small creek so named in Fulton, about 5 miles North West, near Pindel School Road.
In 1855, Richard Waters deeded acreage to the church, and the congregation built a building and was now known as the Columbia Primitive Baptist Church, as the road was Columbia Pike, a main road from Ellicott City to the District of Columbia.</p>
In 1855, Richard Waters deeded acreage to the church, and the congregation built a building and was now known as the Columbia Primitive Baptist Church, as the road was Columbia Pike, a main road from Ellicott City to the District of Columbia.</p>
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