2026 SPECIAL SESSION I
ENROLLED
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2033
Commending Ringgold Baptist Church.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, April 23, 2026
WHEREAS, for 150 years, Ringgold Baptist Church has served as a beacon of faith and fellowship for the residents of Ringgold and members of surrounding communities in Pittsylvania County; and
WHEREAS, in the 1850s, members of the Baptist community in Ringgold met and held worship services at the Ringgold Academy, the forerunner of Averett University; and
WHEREAS, in 1876, the Old Norman House on Ringgold Depot Road in Ringgold became the birthplace of Ringgold Baptist Church through the leadership and guidance of Baptists who formerly attended Sandy Creek Baptist Church and other nearby churches; and
WHEREAS, on April 5, 1879, the congregation of Ringgold Baptist Church built a sanctuary in a grove of oak trees across the road from the church's current location; and
WHEREAS, Ringgold Baptist Church later moved to the corner of Milton Road and Clark's Mill Road and was relocated several times before settling in its current location at the corner of Ringgold Church Road and Wilkerson Road in the 1890s; and
WHEREAS, for many years, Ringgold Baptist Church worked with two other churches, Sandy Creek Baptist Church and Union Hill Baptist Church, later renamed as Glenwood Baptist Church; and