Greene, Maine, Baptist church records

The Greene Baptist Church was organized on August 15, 1793 with a core membership of 25 persons. They met in members homes until 1794 when the meeting house was erected on the Patten Road just above the fire station clearing. This building was also used for town meetings. In 1827 the congregation built the old Baptist church, which stood on the present location. The steeple was so high, and the building of such heavy frame construction, the Bath shipyard was called upon to set the framework with the gear used for vessel construction. The steeple was later blown off during a cyclone in 1870. It was replaced and fitted with a bell that, when rung, could be heard from several parts of the town. A parsonage was built beside the church in the late 1800’s. On May 20, 1900 the steeple was struck by lightning and the building burnt to the ground, however the parsonage was undamaged. The present church was built in 1901 and has undergone several major changes. The first added the basement under the original building. Then about 1953, funds were donated for the addition of a Sunday School. A large addition to the Sunday School was later completed, and lastly, the sanctuary was renovated in the mid 1980’s, doubling the size of the seating capacity.