The church was founded in 1954 when the movement of the Holy Spirit led 23 like-minded people to start a meetinghouse in the area. These individuals contacted Fairfield Baptist Church to ask about the possibility of them sponsoring a small mission church. As we Baptists like to say, the motion was presented, the members voted, and the sponsorship carried. On June 2, 1957, the group held its first service as "Fairfield Baptist Mission." One year later, on June 1, 1958, that small mission church became the Lanier Baptist Church we know today.
How we began...