Sardis Primitive Baptist Church

Sardis Church was organized on March 25, 1801.[1] The first church building was constructed in 1806 on a plot of land near the town of Madison, donated by Zachariah Wall.[2][3] The second church building, a log school house, was in the Ellisboro community on the south side of the Dan River.[2][3] The congregation constructed a third building in 1900; a plain, one-room wooden building on the site of the current church. The fourth and current building was built in 1913 and is made of brick.[2]

The church follows the Primitive Baptist tradition and was a member of the Mayo Association until 1909, when the Salem Association was formed.[2] It is one of the oldest churches in Rockingham County.[3]

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