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. 

Photos below of the Stapleton Baptist Church and the cemetery taken -September 2006. This cemetery is shared with the Stapleton United Methodist Church across from the Stapleton Baptist church.

 This is a back view of both the churches and the cemetery.

Stapleton Methodist Church.

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