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Our History

Our Heritage

By His Grace, For His Glory!

That Ingleside was born on October 4,1951, in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Newton, Sr. at 3360 Ridge Avenue.
That the first Sunday service was held in the Ingleside Community Clubhouse on November 11 1 1951.
That by Charter Day, December 23, 1951, 203 people had signed the Charter Member Roll and the church was officially constituted that day.
That the decision to locate the church on 9.27 acres at 834 Wimbish Road was made on February 13,1952. The first building, the Worship Center we are in today, was constructed at a cost of $178,000, and was formally dedicated on June 7, 1953. The last payment on the building and property was made on September 8,1958.
That groundbreaking for the second building, now our older Educational Building, was on January 25,1959.

Dr. J. Ellis Sammons, who had retired after 17 years as pastor of Vineville Baptist Church, was the first pastor and served during the formative period of December 1951 to July 1952.
Rev. James W. Windham, who served from June 1952 until August 1954, was the second pastor. He came to Ingleside from and returned to the same church in Maryville, Tennessee.
Dr. Alvin H. Brackeft, Jr., the third pastor, came to Ingleside from Sylvan Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta in May 1955. His ministry at Ingleside would span more than two decades, ending in 1978.