Salem Baptist Church
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
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Shining the Gospel Light from WeeksvilleWelcome to Salem Baptist ChurchWeeksville, North Carolina
 Salem Baptist Church is located in Weeksville, NC a small farming community on the New Begun Creek just 10 miles south of Elizabeth City. We are a country church with good old-fashioned, conservative Christian values- and we are not ashamed of that! We love the Lord here, and we just focus on the Gospel, preaching the Word, teaching Sunday School classes, and doing what we can to love people and minister to the hurts of our community. All to the glory of our Savior, Jesus Christ!
Our Purpose.....
 S-haring Christ’s love with those in need.
A- Church where life-long friends are made
L-lifting up Jesus Christ in uplifting worship.
E-vangelizing Weeksville and beyond.
M-aking and maturing disciples of Jesus Christ.
"NOT I, BUT CHRIST!"
Who's With Us... If you are interested to find out about what we believe, please click this link: "The Baptist Faith and Message."
Salem Baptist Church is affiliated with the Chowan Baptist Association,
We love to support missions. Perhaps you would like to see how we do missions in cooperation with the North American Mission Board and the International Mission Board.
We also support the following local, national, and international ministries with our financial and prayer support
Liberty Baptist Fellowship (LBF) - church planting and scholarship program
The Albemarle Crisis Pregnancy Center- a local resource for at-risk unborn children and their mothers
Samaritan's Purse- an international ministry supporting activities such as Operation Christmas Child.
Of course, we could tell you more, but experiencing the special fellowship at Salem Baptist Church can't be described on a website. We would like to invite you to visit our church. If you have any questions, please click the contact page and our pastor would be very happy to hear from you.
Please click here for information on the Jesus DVD Project
 The times of our services are as follows:
Sundays
9:15-9:45AM Fellowship breakfast
9:45AM Sunday School for All Ages
11:00AM Morning Worship Service
7:00PM Evening Worship Service
A nursery is provided at all services
Youth Fellowship, RA's, GA's Acteens, Mission Friends
Children's Choir
Wednesday Evening
 meets each Sunday Evening at 7:00PM
Puppet Team Ministry 6:00PM
Sunday School at 9:45AM
We do missions trips, outings, recreation, lock-ins and have a whole lot of fun! But the spiritual development and life of our youth is the most important aspect to all that is done.
 Our worship services are a blend of traditional hymns and light contemporary songs, providing an inspirational, upbeat, yet worshipful atmosphere dedicated to Almighty God. Several special music arrangements by the choir and solosts/ensembles. Typically one will hear genres performed from classical to country-gospel.
Our current average worship attendance (January 2008) is 107. Children's Church is provided after the morning offering.
Adult Choir Rehearsals each Thursday Evening at 7:00PM
Updates
We are building a new parsonage. Log into the Salem Baptist Weblog for updates, prayer requests, announcements, and sermons, and so forth.
Please Visit our New Blog: http://salembaptist.blogspot.com
Some History...
Salem Baptist Church began as the Flatty Creek Church in 1790, located just 2 miles south of where we are presently located. A thriving church was formed, but within about 10 years, a doctrinial controversy made it necessary for a group of pro-missionary church members to relocate the church building to its present site. In 1803, this group formed the Salem Baptist Church on the Newbeggin. In 1806, the Chowan Baptist Association was formed and its first meeting was held at Salem.
In 1927, the church enlarged her facilities. A remolded sanctuary and sixteen additional Sunday School classes were added. In the 1940's a parsonage was built. In the early 1960's the church added a new social hall, kitchen, and educational wing.
Many other additions to the building were made over the years as the church has increased in size and spirit. In 2003, a newly remolded kitchen and social hall, renovated restrooms, and the additional bedrooms in the parsonage were completed.
In September 2003, the church grounds were moderately damaged by Hurricane Isabel. The building suffered the loss of roof shingles- but no permanent structural damage- just one week prior to the Bicentennial Celebration.
At Thanksgiving, 2007, the church broke ground for a new parsonage. See the update blog above for pictures. Projected completion is March, 2008.
The Lord has blessed our church with many great men of God. Perhaps the most notable was
Dr. Vance Havner (1901-1986).
 Dr. Havner wrote many books and became a famous Bible teacher and Evangelist
He served twice at Salem: 1923-24, and 1934-35.
 Former pastors of Salem Baptist Church as well as the present one
Dr. Ben Martin, Rev. Royce Williams, Rev. Jeff Russell, Rev. Rodney Beals, Rev. Ben Hall,
Dr. Lyndell Stike
Photo dated September 18, 2003 for Salem's 200th Anniversary Celebration
Our Pastor and Family
Photo dated Oct. '06 Rev. Jeffery C. Russell came to us in July, 2003. Born in San Francisco, CA, He grew up in Virginia Beach, VA . Pastor Jeff graduated from Old Dominion University (B.A. 1982) and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div. 1986). Jeff is currently enrolled in the D. Min program at Liberty Baptist Seminary, Lynchburg, VA. He has also done graduate work at Spurgeon's College, London. He has pastored churches in Texas, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Germany.
Jeff and Robin have been married for 25 years and they have three children: John, Jared, and Jinger. Jeff enjoys reading, nautical history, and currently restoring and working on his sailboat "Visitation." He is a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 16-01, Elizabeth City where he serves as Flotilla secretary and chaplain.
Robin is a native of Virginia Beach, VA and is the guidance secretary for Northeastern High School in Elizabeth City. She enjoys reading, traveling, and taking care of her family. She loves to sing and a former member of the National Christian Choir (1992-1995)
 Directions
Here are some directions: Take NC state34 highway south from Elizabeth City. At the Weeksville Store, turn left onto Salem Church Road. Just follow Salem Church Road about 2 1/2 miles to the church.
Or from Halstead Blvd: Go south on Halstead until you come to the light at Peartree Road.Turn right on Peartree for about 5 miles.At the blinking light and Weeksville Store, go straight ahead (Salem Church Road)Go two more miles, a sharp bend. The church is on the left hand side.
You can't miss it!
Of course, you can also get to Heaven from Salem Baptist Church.
(see page above)
 Pastor Jeff also sends out a week-day devotional called Devotion for Today. If you would like to receive it, please request it at jefferyrussell@earthlink.net or go to the Devotional Web Site at http://www.msnusers.com/DevotionforToday
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Salem believes very strongly in missions- in fact there is a missions action program going on every month with the Royal Ambassador project for the Food Bank of the Albemarle, support for the Albemarle Crisis Pregancy Center. Throughout the church year, the Baptist Women on Mission promotes Samaritan's Purse 
