On April 13, 1889, 31 members of Reedy Creek Baptist Church met after their regular services to constitute a church to be known as Baptist Church of Christ at Stapleton.  Meetings were to be held on the fourth Sabbath and the Saturday preceding.

The Baptist Church of Christ of Spread, Georgia, now known as Stapleton Baptist, was established that year, mainly due to the generous contributions of David Denton.  Its Presbytery consisted of the Rev. W. M. Verdery and the Rev. Edmond Morris.

The Rev. Verdery was elected as pastor and T. J. Dickson served as church clerk.  In conference on July 13, 1889, the "decorum" was offered by Verdery and was read and adopted.  That same year, the church applied for membership in the Hephzibah Baptist Association, as well as the Georgia Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention. 

In July 1891, a house of worship was dedicated.  The building was of wood and red carpeted aisles and was neatly painted white both inside and outside.  David Denton was instrumental in both the organization and building of the Stapleton Baptist Church through generous contributions of money, time, and labor.  Since then, the building has undergone renovations, a parsonage has been built along with an annex which is used both for Sunday School and church.  Land has been acquired for the cemetery, as well. 

The constituting members were:

MALES:   David Denton, T. J. Dickson, W. R. Hammett, J. F. Hadden, J. T. Glover, Jr., J. N. Thompson, G. W. Dickson, W. H. Parish, G. F. Brown, Jesse Wilkinson, J. . Adams, W. T. O'Neal

FEMALES:   Matilda Denton, Elizabeth A. Dickson, Amanda Hammett, Nancy Hadden, Lucinda Glover, Elizabeth Brown, Elizabeth Wilson, Cornelia Adams, Mrs. J. J. O'Neal, Mrs. M. E. Stapleton, Mrs. S. E. Rivers, Sabring McCracker, Nancy Martin, Angenet Peebles, Millie Glover, May E. Stapleton, May Glover, Ida McGlomery

One of the poems taken from a dated brochure from the Stapleton Baptist Church.

JUST AN ORDINARY CHURCH MEMBER OF THE CHURCH, I HEARD HIM SAY,

BUT YOU'D ALWAYS FIND HIM PRESENT EVEN ON A RAINY DAY.

HE HAD A HEARTY HANDCLASP FOR THE STRANGER IN THE AISLE,

AND A FRIEND WHO WAS IN TROUBLE FOUND SUNSHINE IN HIS SMILE.

HIS TALENTS WERE NOT MANY, BUT HIS LOVE FOR GOD IS TRUE;

HIS PRAYERS WERE NOT IN PUBLIC, BUT HE PRAYED FOR ME AND YOU.

AN ORDINARY CHURCH MEMBER? I THINK THAT I WOULD SAY,

HE WAS EXTRAORDINARY IN A HUMBLE SORT OF WAY.

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