Jones Creek Baptist Church "was constituted on April 22, 1810, by Reverends John Goldwire and Moses Westberry and thirteen members from Beard's Creek Baptist Church, then in Liberty, now in Tattnall county, who had been dismissed a week earlier for that purpose."¹ This group of believers came together for the express purpose of establishing a Baptist church on the banks of Jones Creek. From its beginnings, the church has had two major goals: To spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the world; and to equip its members for the work of ministry. In keeping with these goals, in 1996, the church adopted a Mission Statement.

¹Elmer Oris Parker, A History of Jones Creek Baptist Church, Long County Georgia, 1810-1985, 1985, p. 1