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Kernersville Wesleyan Church, formerly Kernersville Pilgrim Church This is a scene of the West side of North Main Street, showing
East Mountain St. the homes of Augustus H. Beard, Dr. J. T. Justice and the Guyer home.
1906 The site of the Beard home is where Christinia (Kastner) Kerner, widow of
Joseph of Kernersville, moved after the death of her husband in 1830.

In 1968 the Pilgrim Holiness Church and the Wes-
leyan Methodist Church merged into the Wesleyan
Church. Since the time of merger, the local church is
known as the Kernersville W esl£yan Church.
The Main Street Baptist Church (formerly Oakhurst
Baptist Church) was relocated on North Main Street in
the heart of Kernersville in 1960. The building was pur-
chased from the First Baptist Church. The church
moved from Oakhurst Street in October of that year and
changed the name to Main Street Baptist Church .. The
old Oakhurst Church building was sold to the Presby-
terian Church. The Rev. V. Manly Bennett became the
pastor in March 1960. The property was purchased by
the sale of church bonds and contributions from the Bap-
tist State Convention of N. C. and the Pilot Mountain
Baptist Association.
In 1962 to fulfill a vital need of working parents This is the home of N. W. Sapp on South Main Street (photographed
with preschool children the church developed a unique in 1937) known as "The Dr. Paddison House" after being remodeled by
Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Paddison. This home was the birth place of Mrs. Zora
ministry through a Day Care Center. Believing that Sapp Paddison. Dr. and Mrs. Paddison lived here until their deaths.
meeting the needs of the individual is an integral part of
Christ's mission for the church, the Day Care extends a
ministry not only to children but to parents and their
needs. Main Street Baptist Church
In 1966 the first grade was added thus establishing North Main Street
October 1960
the town's first private Christian elementary school. Un-
der the direction of Mrs. Vivian Bennett the school has
been serving the community and surrounding areas with
a program of day care, kindergarten, play-school, sum-
mer program, elementary grades, before and after school
care. The purpose of the school is to expand services of
the church into the community by providing evangel-
istic and educational opportunities for children to grow
and develop physically, mentally, socially and spiritually.
There are four other church groups which should
be mentioned: the Church of God and Peopl,e' s Baptist
Church on Salisbury Street, the Paddison Street Mission,
and Nance's Mission on the Old Greensboro Road.
From the number and variety of churches which
have grown up in our midst, it is obvious that from the
very beginning this town has had a goodly number of
God-fearing citizens. May each of us be truly grateful
for our rich spiritual heritage.
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