About

New Hope Baptist Church began with humble beginnings at its founding in 1874.  With no church in the small village of Earl, records show that Earl School asked Rev. Thomas Dixon and elders of Buffalo Church in South Carolina to help with the organization. This came a week after a “brush arbor” revival on the ground occupied by the present church.

There were fifty converts from this revival and others from nearby churches brought their letters of membership, making 161 charter members. The name “New Hope” was chosen because it represented the feelings of the band of new converts.