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"Open Hearts - Open Minds - Open Doors"
Our Doors Are Always Open for All To Come And Worship.

The church at Benevola properly begins in the year 1848 with services held in a school house. The membership consisted of some twenty persons.

As membership increased, building proceedings were started early in 1858. The land, including the graveyard, was sold to the trustees by D.H. Newcomer for the sum of $50.00.

Benevola Chapel was a modest brick structure without a tower or bell, and had two front doors. A long porch extended across the front. There were six large windows. The interior furnishings were simple. There was a basement room which was used for Sunday School, Bible classes and singing schools. After 28 years, the walls of Benevola Chapel were so badly cracked that it had to be torn down. In 1886 the new church was erected at Benevola at a cost of $1,300.

Around this time an organ was secured for the church, even though many members believed that an organ was entirely unsuitable in the worship of God.