OUR HISTORY

Initial Motto:  Telling the World of Some of Our Good Deeds While We Live

The Hopewell Association was organized in the year of our Lord, 1885, by the deceased Rev. W. L. Jones, and his co-laborers at Norcross, GA, in the Hopewell Baptist Church (hence its name.)  Rev. Jones being a member of Salem Baptist Church, Lilburn, GA., saw thee necessity of getting a few churches together in that part of North Georgia and forming an association.  From the beginning it was a success, new churches being added at each annual session.  Rev. Jones grew to be one of the strongest preachers in Georgia and pastored some of our largest churches before he was called home, but his body was brought back to Norcross, GA, and it rests in the graveyard by the Hopewell Church, and each year of our annual session we never forget Sister Jones, his widow, who (at the time)still lived among us.  Long live his memory. 

Rev. R. Dorsey succeeded Rev. Jones as moderator, and the work continued to grow for several years.  We did not have any special object in view other than the regular service, seeing one another and helping the state workers as they would drop in to see us, but we were noted for our quiet way of doing things, as we would let the Lord guide us.  Rev. John V. Williams succeeded Rev. Dorsey as moderator and he saw the necessity of more organization in order to better reach the people and do more.