Otto Advent Christian Church
Date 2006/9/9 4:20:00 | Topic: Places
| The Otto A.C. Church was built in 1925. The land was donated by Fredrick Jackson and Malinda Alice Epling and structure was built by donations from the community. The first trustees were Claire Starcher, Alma Nichols, Orphie McMillan, Ocie Ferrell, and Frances McMillan, all young women of the community. The church was destroyed by fire in 1981 and rebuilt in 1982.
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According to minutes dated September 13, 1925, in the earliest church record book, it is stated that "a church which has been erected by the community and surrounding communities was dedicated to God by Rev. Wilbur Spencer of Charleston, dedicated as an Advent Christian Church but welcome to all denominations". Prior to this, services were conducted in the Otto Schoolhouse located about a half mile down Henry?s Fork from the present location of this church. The earliest minutes are dated August 17, 1919, and membership was around thirty.
[i]Submitted by Donna J. Walbrown[/i]
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