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Church History 

     In 1948 Sister Rosa Reynolds and Brother Bruce Jamison followed through with an idea to build a small building for Sunday school and for meeting for the sons and daughter of Job.  Bro. Bruce Jamison was the superintendent and Sis. Elizabeth Bryant was the Sunday school teacher.  In 1948 they called a meeting with everyone to decide if they were going to purchase the land.

One year later in 1949 they decided to form a church family. The following people were instrumental in getting the church family started. Bro. Bruce Jamison, Sis. Rosa Reynolds, Sis. Elizabeth Bryant, Bro. Charlie Reynolds, Sis. Ada Majors, Bro. Hallie Jamison, Bro. Harvell Breland, Sis. Viola Breland, Bro. Brantley Lingard, Sis. Valley Clayton and Sis. Ruthie Mae Cobbs. Little Jessie Bouges gave the Church its name, granddaughter of Bro. Bruce Jamison.

The Church family got together and Rev. Alfred Smith became the first pastor, until his death in 1965. Rev. Willie Coaxum became pastor in 1966 until 1979. He worked extensively on remodeling the church. In 1980, Rev. Sam Campbell became our beloved pastor. Before resigning, he gave two years of dedicated service.

In 1982, our new pastor became Rev. Robert Edwards. He rendered fifteen years of energetic and faithful service until his resignation in 1997. Under his leadership, Bro. Garner Ackerman, Bro. Andrew Cooper, and Bro. Gregory Clayton were ordained as deacons in 1984, 1988 and 1993 respectively. On March 4, 1990 God blessed us to begin our first full-time worship service. Then around 1990 Sandhill Baptist Memorial Gardens, a two-acre cemetery was purchased. With the help of God and the saints past and present who gave themselves sacrificially in Christian service our church is continually moving. Our main objective is still saving souls. The R. L. Edwards Education Committee was first formed in 1992.

In 1997 after Minster Gregory Clayton was ordained, he became our new pastor-young and eager. Under his leadership, Bro. George Deal (1998): Bro. Benjamin Jakes, Jr. (1999): and Bro. Harvey Hodges was ordained as deacons. God has blessed us with a church van and extensive renovations and expansion (February 2005) have made Sandhill Baptist Church of Walterboro more modernized.

However, with the help of God and saints past and present who gave themselves sacrificially in Christian service our church is continually moving. For the main goal of Sandhill Baptist church of Walterboro is still saving souls.

Revised January 25, 2008