High Hills of Santee Baptist Church

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Stateburg, South Carolina
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caption = High Hills of Santee Baptist Church
location= near Dalzell, South Carolina
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High Hills of Santee Baptist Church is an historic Southern Baptist church located in the High Hills of Santee in Stateburg, near Dalzell in Sumter County, South Carolina. Its congregation was founded in 1770 and the present church was built in 1803. [ [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scsumter/highhillschurch.html History of Church] ] Its first pastor was Richard Furman, who went on to become one of South Carolina's most influential ministers. [ [http://www.reformedreader.org/furman.htm Richard Furman biography] ] Furman University was named for him. Many of the Baptist churches in the area are offshoots of this church. [ [http://www.sumtersc.gov/VisitingUs/Tourism_Heritage.aspx City of Sumter heritage and history listing for High Hills of Santee Baptist Church] ]

High Hills of Santee Baptist Church is a contributing property in the Stateburg Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1971.Mary Schuette, Nomination Form for Stateburg Historic District, accessible by Internet Explorer through link at [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/sumter/S10817743022/index.htm South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on Stateburg Historic District] ]

High Hills Baptist Church is a member of the Santee Baptist Association. [ [http://www.santeebaptist.org/ChurchDirectory.htm Santee Baptist Association directory] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.santeebaptist.org/ChurchDirectory.htm Santee Baptist Association directory]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&fileName=sc/sc0300/sc0318/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=High%20Hills%20Baptist%20Church,%20Kings%20Highway%20(State%20Route%20261),%20Stateburg,%20Sumter%20County,%20SC&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:22:./temp/~ammem_EnBN:: Historic American Buildings Survey for High Hills of Santee Baptist Church]

* [http://www.randomconnections.com/?p=1245 Blog with pictures and text on visit to High Hills Baptist Church]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scsumter/history.html History of Sumter]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scsumter/highhillschurch.html History of Church]
* [http://pages.prodigy.net/procyon/swepson/hhbapt.html Photos of church in 1934]
* [http://www.sumtersc.gov/VisitingUs/Tourism_Heritage.aspx City of Sumter heritage and history listing for High Hills of Santee Baptist Church]