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Faith Baptist Church
500 West Lee Rd
Taylors, SC 29687
864.322.0700

info@fbctaylors.org

 

History of Faith Baptist Church

Faith also founded Hidden Treasure Christian School. The fire at the Vaughns’ home had cost Becky all of her fingers, the sight in her right eye, and the ability to walk without assistance. Becky was five years old in 1981 and ready to start school, but no facilities existed to meet her needs within a Christian environment. Becky’s situation demonstrated the need for a Bible-based, Christian education for disabled children.

     Hidden Treasure Christian School began operation in September 1981 with only two students—Becky Vaughn and Naomi Detandt. Joy Greene taught the girls, and several members of the church volunteered as well. Classes were held in Faith’s Hammett Street building after it was renovated. Faith also offered traditional classes for kindergarten through first-grade, but after one year, it became evident that Hidden Treasure needed to focus solely on students with special needs.
By the second school year, attendance doubled, and within ten years, there were forty students. Hidden Treasure Christian School gave Faith Baptist Church a national influence. Families from at least nine states moved to Greenville, South Carolina in order to enroll handicapped children at Hidden Treasure.

By 1987
, the church was still growing and once again needed room to expand. That year, the church began looking for land, and considered thirty-nine properties between Travelers’ Rest and the Greenville/Spartanburg Airport in Greer. Ultimately, they found two adjacent eighteen-acre properties on West Lee Road. By 1992, Faith began clearing land and preparing for construction of the auditorium. By spring 1994, construction was complete. Faith Baptist Church officially moved to 500 West Lee Road in April of that year.

Faith began in the hearts of the teenagers of Boulevard Baptist Church; and from a little house at 23 B Street, the small Bible club grew to become one of Greenville’s largest Baptist churches. Yet, its property on West Lee Road exists within a half mile of the founding church's original location. Faith Baptist Church has prospered for over thirty years without drifting from the principles on which it was founded. Its stability and principled leadership are testimonies to God’s grace.