The 100s
The 100s is a series that shares the early history of African American Christian churches that for more than 100 years still worship and support the Oconee County community.
Flat Rock Baptist Church
Three years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Rev. Frank Morris (Morris College) and 15 other charter members founded the church under a Brush Harbor (hush arbor). The first “brick and mortar” building for the church was a small log house. In 1878, Flat Rock Baptist Church was among the 10 churches granted dismissal from the Rocky River Association of Anderson County to form the Seneca River Missionary Baptist Association.
Cross Roads Baptist Church
Earliest records indicate Cross Roads Baptist Church to be the oldest known African American church in Oconee County, South Carolina. The original church was a log structure built in 1860 in the Crossroads Community now Westminster, South Carolina.