Located on the corner of 16th Street and Caddo, Greater Pleasant Hill offers Sunday and Wednesday services.
Sunday Morning:
-Sunday School beings at 9:30am
-Worship and Church Service at 10:45am-1pm (Nursery Provided)
Wednesday Bible Study:
-Worship and Study begins at 6pm-7pm (Adult and childrens studies offered)
-Choir practice following
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 43, Arkadelphia, AR. 71923
Telephone Number: (870)-246-6106
Pastor: Dr. Lewis A. Shepherd, Jr.
The Pleasant Hill Baptist Church was established in 1867 by two leaders only after two years after gaining their freedom as slaves. This new beginning was the mission of 36 members who left the First Baptist Church of Arkadelphia to establish their own congregation.
Recognition and Honor of our past leaders of the Greater Pleasant history includes seventeen pastors:
Rev. T.E. Patterson
Rev. Matthew Hawkins
Rev. P.R. Neal
Rev. Alma James Jackson
Rev. O.B. Ware (two terms served)
Rev. F.H. Davis
Rev. W.M. Erby
Rev. Walter White
Rev. C.B. Know Jr.
Rev. A William Terry
Rev. W.T. Keaton
Rev. Jacob H. Hayes
Rev. H.B. Montgomery
Rev. Ronald J. Browning
-(Rev. C.W. Harris served in passing of Rev. Browning)
Rev. G. Bernard Steele
Rev. Dr. Lewis A. Shepherd Jr.