Our Mission is to be a family of believers who:
Know Jesus
Love People
Treasure Truth
Our Beliefs
The Apison Seventh-day Adventist Church is part of the world-wide Seventh-day Adventist denomination. We celebrate the Sabbath on the seventh-day of the week (Saturday) as a reminder of God’s creative and redemptive power. We also look forward to the imminent return of Jesus to take us to heaven. As we wait for His glorious appearing, we seek to honor God through sharing His truth and serving those in need.
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Meet Our Pastor
Brian Burgess is a native of Upstate New York and has served as a minister in the Seventh-day Adventist Church for 25 years.
Brian’s most important education has come from learning to walk with God and serve His people. He is learning that the ups and downs of life; the opportunities and disappointments; the failures, temptations and victories in life, all serve to drive us closer or farther away from God and fellow human beings.
He has a special interest in discovering the relevancy of God’s Word and Holy Spirit in our daily lives as well as help people grow emotionally and spiritually in their walk with God.
Brian is married to his wife, Janice, and has two children, Josh and Angelina.
Apison Church History
The Apison Seventh-day Adventist Church has a long and blessed history. Check out the timeline below to see some of the ways that God has blessed our church family through the years!
Student Missionaries To Apison
Southern students make missionary trips to the Apison area, distributing Christian literature and conducting in-home Bible studies.
Before 1916Apison Branch Sabbath Schools
George N. Fuller begins holding branch Sabbath Schools in the Apison area.
1917First Apison Area Convert to Adventism
Elder Albert Dickerson comes to the Apison area as a 17-year-old Southern student. He attends branch Sabbath schools. Along with his sister (Lettie) he gives Bible studies and wins the first convert in the Apison area. He and his sister travel by mule with a spring wagon.
1921Worship In Music
Hollis Olsen provides music for branch Sabbath Schools on a portable organ. Virgil Watson (the “Sweet Singer of Israel”) leads in the music and singing.
1936 and 1938Land for a Church
Mr. W. W. Swisher (a branch Sabbath School member) and Ella B. Swisher deed the land the church is located on to the conference as a donation. There is a stipulation that a church must be built within 25 years, otherwise the land will revert back to the Swisher family.
September 8, 1936The Apison Church is Officially Formed
Sixty-three people form a church and are voted into charter membership with Mr. and Mrs. George N. Fuller and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beans as the founding leaders.
April 8, 1961The First Anniversary Celebration
The first anniversary of the church is celebrated. Elder Roy Thurmon has the morning service in the Tallent School where the church is meeting, and Elder Horace Becker has the afternoon service at the site of the proposed new church. A building fund is started.
April 14, 1962A Place To Call Their Own
The church members begin meeting in the church basement, built by Mr. Russell Williams.
May 26, 1962Land Purchased for School
Thirteen acres of land adjacent to the church are purchased and a school is built.
1971Community Services
A large trailer is purchased for Community Services (“Dorcas”). Mary Watkins leads “Dorcas” for 18 years as they make quilts and give out food baskets.
1974Church Dedication and Mortgage Burning
Dedication service is held for the church building and the mortgage is burned.
April 24, 1976Pastor Harold Keebler
Elder Coon becomes the Revivalist for the Conference and Elder Keebler serves as primary Apison Church pastor.
1981Pastor Fred Fuller, Jr.
Elder Fred Fuller, Jr. becomes pastor, but leaves to serve as Conference Youth Leader after a few short months.
1995 or 1996Timeline information based on 1996 document submitted by Theda H. Linn.
