Thank you for visiting our Internet site. We want to give you the opportunity to stay in touch with our church. We hope that you will visit our church located at 309 Oak Street in Bethesda, Ohio.


Church services are Sunday School 10:00 a.m. with the Morning Worship service at 11:00 a.m.  The evening service starts at 7:00 p.m.  Wednesday evening prayer service and Bible Study starts also at 7:00 p.m.

You can reach us at 740-484-4369 if you have any questions. We are looking forward to hearing from you. You can also contact us at our e-mail address: ebenezer.pastor@att.net.

If you are not familiar with our church, and your first contact with us is online, we would be pleased to hear from you!  Please let us know what your needs and questions are, and we will be more than happy to try and help.

In brief, here is the history of our church.  The Ebenezer Baptist Church was organized December 5, 1835.  The history of the church actually dates back to November 23, 1816 when the Stillwater Baptist Church was constituted in an old brick building on National Road in Union Township.  The members composing this church resided in Union and Goshen Townships.  It was mutually agreed upon for the convenience of those living in the northwest part of Goshen Township, to form two churches of those attending the church at that time.  A building was erected at Rockhill and dedicated November 22, 1835.  The members residing in Goshen Township established a church, and in 1833 a hewed log house was built for a church.  The church was dedicated formally December 5, 1835.  In 1853, the old log house was replaced by a neat frame building located near the Ebenezer Baptist Cemetery on old Route 147.

The present church building, located at 309 Oak Street in Bethesda, Ohio, was constructed in 1897 - 1898.  It was completed March 16, 1898 and dedicated May 29, 1898.  On January 9, 1955 additional Sunday School rooms were dedicated which were made by remodeling the front porch of the parsonage.  In 1968-1969 a full basement was constructed under the present church building for additional Sunday School rooms.  On May 27, 1973, the 75th anniversary of the present building, a new Educational Building, located directly behind the church, was dedicated.

As the Lord continues to add families to our local church, more space is needed for the Wednesday night Ebenezer Baptist Soldiers Kids Club, Sunday School classes, and fellowships.  In May, 2009, we began to demolish the current club building.  Groundbreaking took place May 31, 2009 after the evening service for the new fellowship hall which will be named Paulman Hall in honor of Richard and Evelyn Paulman.  They are long-time faithful members who have lived dedicated lives to our Lord.  They have been involved with our rest home ministry at Barnesville Healthcare Center for 25 years, they have taught Sunday School, and Richard was a deacon for many years.

Please click on "Construction 2009" for a pictorial update to the process.  Thanks for visiting our site!