Soperton, GA

The Soperton work was started in May 1996. The present preacher is Dave Atnip, Sr., who did missionary work for 2 1/2  years in Suriname, South America before coming to help start the work in Soperton. The town of Soperton is located on Highway 221, about 8 miles south of Interstate 16 which runs from Macon to Savannah, Georgia. Soperton is located in Treutlen County, and is the county seat of this county. There are presently about 3000 people residing in Soperton and about 6000 in the whole county. This town is what might be referred to as a "bedroom" community, where people live and then go to work in nearby towns. The nearby towns are: Dublin, Vidalia, Swainsboro and Mount Vernon. There are a lot of older people in Soperton. There is very little crime and the people here are friendly. We are hoping that the town will grow, since an alternative fuels plant has been recently built, and also the prison in Alamo: Wheeler County Correctional Facility, has recently expanded and is now hiring more workers for their facility. The main industry in this area is agricultural.

The church presently has 12 faithful members and also members of other congregations who come to support us on a regular basis. Our outreach includes our regular worship services: Sunday morning Bible study: 10 - 11 AM. Worship service: 11-12 AM, Sunday evening: 6 PM, and then Wednesday evening: 7:30 - 8:30 PM. We also usually have 2 Gospel meetings per year, we mail out the Heart to Heart publication on a regular basis. We have an article each week in the local newspaper. We have a Ladies Bible class that meets every other Tuesday, and a prison ministry. We are also in the process of trying to build a new building on the land that we have purchased for that purpose. We also put out a monthly newsletter which keeps people informed of what is going on with the Soperton work. We also attend the Georgia Bible Camp in Hahira, Georgia, and we keep in contact with our sister congregations in the area. We welcome everyone to come and visit with us, or to move here if that is possible. We have pleasant falls, mild winters and a rather lengthy spring time which is usually very pleasant, and then it gets pretty warm in the summer, which provides an ideal growing season. Our goal is to grow both spiritually and in numbers and to help the work here to become self supporting.