our Vision

We are a house of prayer for hurting, helpless, hopeless people. Isaiah 56:7

our mission

Our mission is to create an atmosphere of worship by preaching and teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Ghost. John 4:23; Matthew 28:19, 20; Acts 2:4

Our Church's History

The Middlesex Church of God traces its origin to a tent revival conducted in the Spring Hope community in 1917. From this tent revival a church was set in order on Route One, Spring Hope, the fourteenth Church of God organized in the state of North Carolina. Rev. Blant Brantley served as first pastor.
A division of the church occurred in the summer of 1923 and a group from the Spring Hope Church started services in a tent just across from the present church building on Highway 231 near Middlesex. Charter members of the newly organized 1923 Middlesex Church of God included Arvie and Lydia Brantley, Clem and Lola Deans, Ella Deans, Isaac and Mary Hinton, Oda Hopkins, Cliff and Rada Medlin, Iola Murray, and Fed Stone. Clem Deans served as the first pastor of this congregation. Services were conducted in homes of the members until a church building could be erected. Arvie Brantley gave the first acre of land to the church and a building was planned. Members sawed logs and constructed the church in stages. Music was provided by a pump organ, played by Lola Deans. Lighting was provided by oil lamps and heat by a "pot-bellied" stove. When a piano was purchased for the church, Iola Murray served as pianist. A favorite trio in the early days consisted of Iola Murray, Cliff Medlin, and Jim Stone.

From the beginning of the Middlesex Church, God blessed the congregation and many were added to the church. The early issues of the Church of God Evangel, the church's weekly publication, contained numerous articles of testimonies, revival reports, and accounts of the blessings of God being poured out on the local congregation.

A home for the pastor was constructed next to the church in the early forties. Pastor Herman Smith led a parsonage remodeling project in 1953. In 1958 the Church building was refurbished and new pews were purchased for the sanctuary under the leadership of Pastor L. F. Hare. Under the direction of Pastor Walter Barwick, a brick Sunday School annex was constructed in the early sixties.

By the seventies, growth demanded a new facility. J. W. Stone donated land and Pastor Eugene Powers led in a building project which resulted in the construction of a new brick sanctuary attached to the Sunday School building. This new sanctuary was dedicated on August 24, 1975. In 1989, under the supervision of Pastor Dale Brown, the church constructed a large family life center connected to the other properties. This family life center contained Sunday School rooms, a fully equipped kitchen and a large gymnasium.

The Sunday church services were moved into the family life center on Easter, 2008 in order to accommodate the continuing growth of the congregation. Present attendance averages approximately 325 each Sunday morning. This expanded facility has provided adequate room for growth of the congregation and has enhanced the ministries of the Middlesex Church of God. Current plans call for a new building dedicated to Children's and Youth Ministries. Rev. Steve Edmondson has served the Middlesex Church of God as pastor since 2002.

by Joel Trammel