After the war-torn years of the Civil War, Rev. C.T. Bailey, who later became an honored and influential editor of The Biblical Recorder, had charge of the church.
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| Reverend B.F. Farnsworth First Pastor | ||||
| Edenton Baptist Church was constituted the twenty-eighth day of March, 1817, by a presbytery consisting of Elders Martin Ross, William Creath, and Job Pettijohn. At first it consisted almost exclusively of members of Bethel and Yeopim churches who were compelled by distance and other inconveniences to ask a dismission to form a separate and independent organization. Rev. B.F. Farnsworth of Portland, Maine, was its first pastor and served for about eight years. Several part-time pastors served until in 1825 the pastoral mantle fell upon the Rev. Thomas Meredith who held it uninterruptedly and very acceptably for about ten years. While pastor of Edenton Baptist Church, he began the first state newspaper for North Carolina Baptists which became known as The Biblical Recorder. Meredith College took its name from this consecrated pastor. From 1835 until after the Civil War, the church was served by many pastors and during the periods when there was no pastor, it was served by neighboring and traveling ministers. After the war-torn years of the Civil War, Rev. C.T. Bailey, who later became an honored and influential editor of The Biblical Recorder, had charge of the church. |
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