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THURSDAY. APRIL 1.2021 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 9A
Churches
Revolution Church is one of the newest built in Pickens
County.
Our Lady of the Mountains is the only Catholic church
here.
Hinton Baptist Church in west Pickens. There is a cov
ered worship area next to this building.
size that almost made me not
come because there were so
many,” Mock said.
Mock’s apprehension
wasn’t off the mark when
you look at studies that eval
uate the ratio of churches per
capita in a community. Ac
cording to a study done in
2015, reported by Business
Insider, Pickens ranks right
up there with the cities that
have the highest number of
religious places/institutions.
Indianapolis, IN. ranked #1
with one location for every
289 people; Seattle, Wa. was
#2 with one location for
every 481 people; #3 was
Jacksonville, Fla. with one
location for every 562 peo
ple, followed by Washington,
DC, at #4 with one for every
Jerusalem Baptist Church
was constituted in 1858.
Philadelphia Baptist Church.
Talking Rock First Baptist Church.
738 people then Memphis,
Tenn. with one per every 804
people. Granted these are
cities and our numbers are for
the entire county, but our
one-church-per-every-407-
person figure places us
solidly between the first and
second ranked cities.
We took our list from the
tax assessor’s office and tal
lied up all the property values
to get an idea of how much of
the digest they make up.
Those 72 parcels (and re
member there are churches
that don’t own the land they
operate on that are not in
cluded) total $45.1 million in
property value, according to
2020 assessment values
listed on the website. This
does not include the valua
tion of Revolution
Church’s building at 689
N. Main Street, which was
not listed as its still under
construction.
Our figure also does not
include the numerous proper
ties owned by YoungLife
Inc., which are also tax ex
empt. Our search showed the
values of YoungLife proper
ties in Pickens County total
$13.5 million, according to
2020 assessed value, which
we thought was important to
note because it’s such a large
number. We separated
YoungLife figures from the
“church” total because the
SharpTop Cove Young Life
Camp is not open to the gen
eral public like other
churches on our list. Add
First Baptist of Jasper.
those two figures together
and that’s $58.6 million
worth of property we found
to be under exempt status due
to religious affiliation. Again
there could be more, but this
is what we found for
churches where people can
attend.
Churches with the highest
property values (not includ
ing YoungLife properties)
are: #1 - First Baptist Church,
$5,196,657; #2 - Big Canoe
Chapel, Inc., $3,578,565; #3
Mt. Zion Baptist,
$2,921,369; #4 - Foothills
Community Church,
$2,594,981; and #5 - Jasper
United Methodist,
$2,368,381.
In terms of acreage, those
same 72 parcels
make up just over
404 acres. The
five churches with
the most acreage
are: #1 - Big
Canoe Chapel,
47.04 acres; #2 -
Episcopal Church
of the Holy Fam
ily, #3 - 30.17
acres; Foothills
Community
Church, #4
22.14; Chapel As
sembly of God,
16.93; #5 - Four Mile
Church, 14.6 acres. This does
not include YoungLife prop
erties, which total over 1,150
acres.
Without waxing theologi
cal about the ways all these
Creekside Messianic Fellowship is lo
cated on East Church Street.
various churches worship,
it’s clear that Pickens County
is steeped in religious tradi
tion and history - and while
there might not actually be
one on every comer we are
pretty close. Happy Easter.
Church/Ministry
2020 Assessed
Acreage
Street
Property Value
owned
Address
Price Creek
Baptist Church
$113,447.00
3
2355 East Price
Creek Road, Jasper
Crossroads
Church
$186,529.00
3
2207 Highway
1356 East,
Talking Rock
Jones Mt. House
of Prayer
$86,961.00
0.32
30 Old Jones
Mountain Road
West, Talking Rock
Corinth Church of
God
$110,616.00
6
731 Old Whitestone
Road East, Talking
Rock
Bibleway House of
Worship
$45,269.00
1.55
594 Old Whitestone
Road East, Talking
Rock
Ball Creek Church
$230,308.00
6.53
11340 Highway 136
West, Talking Rock
Macedonia
Church
$120,031.00
1.8
6707 Big Ridge
Road, Ranger
Black Knob
Church
$94,450.00
1
2989 Black Knob
Church Road,
Ranger
Bethel Church
$13,503.00
1
147 Bethel Road,
Talking Rock
Antioch Church
$76,916.00
7
1435 Antioch
Church Road,
Jasper
Talking Rock
Church
$182,882.00
7.7
3914 Highway 136
West, Talking Rock
Talking Rock First
Baptist Church
$233,575.00
1.84
429 Old Blairsville
Road, Talking Rock
Burnt Mountain
Holy Bible Church
$241,175.00
0
1281 Orchard
Road, Jasper
Mountain View
Community
Church
$337,144.00
3.4
470 Bent Tree
Drive, Jasper
Sharptop Church
$185,984.00
2
2101 Grandview
Road, Jasper
Chapel Assembly
of God
$364,530.00
16.93
6 Old Burnt
Mountain Road,
Jasper
Congregation of
Jehovah
Witnesses
$277,969.00
1.12
971 Cove Road,
Jasper
King of Kings
Lutheran Church
$189,000.00
6
45 Appalachian Cir.,
Jasper
Philadelphia
Baptist Church
$199,960.00
11
1264 Philadelphia
Road, Jasper
Pleasant Hill
Church
$89,761.00
3
1006 Pleasant Hill
Road, Jasper
The Woodstock
Church of Jasper
$458,057.00
7.15
5335 Highway 53
West, Jasper
County Line
Church
$440,567.00
5.75
4345 Highway 53
West, Jasper
Hinton Baptist
Church
$73,475.00
0.5
2411 Highway 136
Conn., Talking Rock
Hinton Methodist
Church
$315,427.00
3
2412 Highway 136
Conn., Talking Rock
Ludville Church of
God
$384,113.00
3.08
291 Ludville Road,
Ranger
Bobby L. Timms
$62,101.00
0
635 Big Ridge
Road, Talking Rock
Friendship Baptist
Church
$62,850.00
4
251 Pin Hook Road,
Ranger
Church/Ministry 2020 Assessed
Property Value
Acreage Street
owned Address
Unity Christian
Church
$163,834.00
0.5
12 Bryant Road,
Talking Rock
Jerusalem Baptist
Church
$200,028.00
3.5
3080 Jerusalem
Church Road,
Jasper
Cornerstone
Church
$731,773.00
4.75
140 Cornerstone
Drive, Talking Rock
New Life Apostolic
$266,483.00
1.87
1997 Camp Road,
Jasper
Episcopal Church
of the Holy Family
$1,792,961.00
30.17
202 Griffith Road,
Jasper
Fellowship
Presbyterian
Church of Jasper
$931,301.00
7.24
389 Bent Tree
Drive, Jasper
Long Swamp
Baptist Church
$258,949.00
5.8
746 Long Swamp
Church Road,
Jasper
Big Canoe Chapel
$3,578,565.00
47.04
232 Wolfscratch
Village, Jasper
Trinity Evangelical
Church
$1,139,871.00
5.02
2685 Steve Tate
Highway, Marble
Hill
Foothills
Community
Church
$2,594,981.00
22.14
13724 Highway 53
East, Marble Hill
Corinth Baptist
Church
$546,416.00
14.8
153 Corinth Road,
Marble Hill
Arbor Hill Baptist
Church
$59,868.00
5
2094 Fortner Road,
Ball Ground
Marble Hill Church
$184,116.00
2.03
387 Marble Hill
Church Road,
Jasper
Tate Methodist
Church
$1,503,906.00
0
5880 Highway 53
West, Tate
Miracle Fellowship
Church
$36,041.00
1
56 Mudhead Road,
Tate
Cool Springs
Baptist
$1,663,127.00
5
4671 Highway 53
East, Tate
First Christian
Church of Jasper
$615,714.00
5.07
22 Burgess Road
East, Jasper
Encounter Life
Church
$2,046,642.00
9.84
239 Allred Mill
Road, Jasper
Shiloh Baptist
Church of Jasper
$2,479,360.00
10.29
3681 Highway 515
South, Jasper
Our Lady of the
Mountain
$1,292,991.00
7.25
1908 Waleska Hwy.
108, Jasper
Refuge Baptist
Church
$391,543.00
8.55
89 Refuge Circle,
Jasper
Salem Baptist
Church
$171,980.00
9.44
2915 Salem Church
Road, Jasper
Pine Grove
Church of Christ
$100,034.00
1.37
2610 Carlan Road,
Fairmount
Bethany Baptist
Church
$110,795.00
2
2540 Bethany
Road, Jasper
Pleasant Hill
Christian Church
$592,397.00
5
36 Camp Dobbs
Road, Jasper
Free Hope Baptist
Church
$116,713.00
2.79
165 Free Hope
Road, Jasper
Mt. Calvary
Baptist Church
$310,425.00
0
1141 Smoky Hollow
Road
Arbor Hill Baptist
Church
$68,805.00
3
2094 Fortner Road,
Ball Ground
Church/Ministry
2020 Assessed
Property Value
Acreage
owned
Street
Address
Four Mile Church
$343,189.00
14.6
2405 Four Mile
Church Road, Ball
Ground
Yellow Creek
Baptist Church
$282,442.00
7.35
1276 Yellow Creek
Road, Ball Ground
Living Word
Church
$505,851.00
8.75
214 Pioneer
Industrial Blvd,
Jasper
Mt. Zion Baptist
Church
$2,921,369.00
5
1036 North Main
Street, Jasper
Seventh Day
Adventist
$652,167.00
3.11
600 Burnt Mountain
Road, Jasper
Northside Church
of Christ
$283,753.00
1
464 North Main
Street, Jasper
The Revolution
Church
$263,160 (land
only/ building value
not listed/under
construction)
7.305
689 North Main
Street, Jasper
First Baptist
Church
$5,196,657.00
9.73
198 East Church
Street, Jasper
Friendship Baptist
Church
$83,479.00
0.52
25 Lilly Circle,
Jasper
Jasper United
Methodist Church
$2,368.38
3.41
157 West Church
Street, Jasper
Deer Park
Tabernacle
$472,924.00
0.96
26 Southbrook
Drive, Jasper
Congressional
Church of
Holiness
$119,212.00
0.31
225 Blue Ridge
Ave., Nelson
Nelson Baptist
Church
$358,741.00
2.52
1875 Kennesaw
Ave., Nelson
Open Door Baptist
Church
$314,083.00
1.04
2580 Hill City Road,
Jasper
Encounter Life
Church
$2,046,642
9.84
239 Allred Mill
Road,Jasper
Churches without property exempt status
Mountain City
Church
1 South Main
Street, Jasper
Cowboy Church
9906 Henderson
Mountain Road,
Jasper
Creekside
Messianic
Fellowship
1187 East Church
Street, Jasper
House of
Scripture
751 S. Main Street,
Jasper
Maranatha Church
611 East Church
Street, Jasper
New Life Mission
1213 E. Church
Street,
Jasper
Revival Fire
Christian
4645 Hwy. 138 W.,
Talking Rock
Gathering
Worship Center
735 Martin Road,
Jasper
Truth Tabernacle
383 McClain Mtn.
Road,
Jasper
Whitestone
Baptist Church
Whitestone Rd.
Jasper