Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia

Bean CreekMissionary Baptist Church

A white church on a Georgia hillside since 1862. Sunday School at 10, worship at 11.

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Founded in 1862. Still gathering on Sunday.

It is a tremendous joy to welcome you. Bean Creek Missionary Baptist Church has represented Jesus Christ in this valley for more than 160 years.

Take your time looking around. Then, better yet, come worship and fellowship with us.

Purpose
Called to model Jesus Christ through worship, prayer, Bible study, evangelism, discipleship and service.
Mission
Point people to Jesus Christ. Know Him and make Him known.
The white clapboard church with a small steeple and cross, a covered front entrance, and wooded hills behind it.
The church on Bean Creek Road.
Maroon church sign reading Bean Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Sunday School 10:00 am, Church Service 11:00 am, Rev. Dr. Eugene M. Harbin, Pastor.
The sign at the road.

Plan your visit

Sunday mornings on Bean Creek Road. Services are held in person and on Facebook Live.

  • 10:00amSunday School
  • 11:00amSunday worship service
  • 6:00pmThursday night Bible studySnacks 6 to 7, Bible study 7 to 8
  • 9:00amEvery 5th SundaySunday School breakfast, casual day

[What to wear, parking and children's check-in: to confirm with the church]

928 Bean Creek Road
Sautee Nacoochee, GA 30571Mail: P.O. Box 113  ยท  (706) 878-3479
Get directions Call (706) 878-3479

A hillside church, a cemetery, and a creek with a story.

  1. 1862

    The church is founded in the Sautee Nacoochee valley.

  2. 1863

    On October 29, J.H. Nichols deeds one acre for $10 to promote the worship of Almighty God. The trustees were James Alston, Green Alston, Prince Wiley Reubin, Jarrett Jones and Wiley Jones.

  3. 1955

    The present church is built under Rev. Arthur Allen of Atlanta.

  4. 1990

    More land is added for the cemetery during Rev. Anthony Hudson's pastorate.

  5. March 2011

    Rev. Dr. Eugene M. Harbin accepts the call as pastor.

How did Bean Creek get its name?

According to legend, the creek was an ordinary creek until a man riding a pack horse came through with a bag of beans. The sack burst, the beans fell into the water, and they grew along the banks. You could go down to the creek and pick a good mess of beans.

What else would you call a community with that many beans in its creek?

The 1862 church and the Bean Creek Cemetery are part of the Sautee Nacoochee district nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. Sunken graves, headstones and field stones on the hillside mark African American resting places from the early 1800s to today.

Cemetery and funeral questions: contact Pastor Harbin, or Mother Andy Allen, committee chair, at (706) 878-2995.

Who serves at Bean Creek

  • Deacon ministry

    Rickey Johnson and Chase Trammell, deacons. Britny Trammell, deaconess.

  • Mother Board

    Joanne Dorsey, Andy Allen, Sweetpea Harbin, Polly Dorsey and Leona Dorsey.

  • Pastor's aides and trustees

    Aides: Maggie Roche, Neal Dorsey and Annette Dorsey.

    Trustees: Andy Allen, Glen Dorsey, Dawn Johnson, Ricky Johnson and Polly Dorsey.

  • Children, youth and young adults

    Vacation Bible School, school awards and Sunday School. "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them." Matthew 19:14

  • Weddings, premarital counseling and funerals

    Counseling is free and required if Pastor Harbin officiates your wedding. Contact him at revgene@ymail.com or 404 216-8848 to confirm a date. Wedding coordinator: Annette Dorsey, 706 878-6748.

Names as listed on the current church site. [Confirm roster before launch]

Five members of the congregation standing together in the sanctuary, dressed in white, under a blue banner that reads Be On Your Guard, 1 Peter 5:8.
Members in the sanctuary. Photo from the church's own site.
Reverend Dr. Eugene M. Harbin seated at his desk in the pastor's study, smiling.
Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season.2 Timothy 4:1-5, the passage on the pastor's page

Reverend Dr. Eugene M. Harbin

Pastor Harbin was born in Toccoa, Georgia, and was called to preach the Gospel in 1998. He served as associate minister at Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Canton, Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Roswell, and Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Flowery Branch.

He accepted the call as pastor of Bean Creek in March 2011.

  • Bachelor, Master and Doctor in Bible Education, Gwinnett Hall Bible College
  • Married to Elaine, known as Sweetpea, who serves on the Mother Board

"The most important thing to know about Rev. Harbin is that he is a humble servant of God who loves the Lord with all of his heart, mind, body and soul."

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What is on the calendar

Pastoral anniversary

Celebrating the pastor and the church

The 12th anniversary was Sunday, April 2, 2023, with Rev. Fred Allen Rouse of New Piney Grove Baptist Church, Macon [to confirm]. Next date: [to confirm]

Three church members smiling in front of the blue church doors.

5th Sunday breakfast

Every fifth Sunday, 9:00 am. Sunday School breakfast, casual day.

Every Thursday

6 to 8 pm

Snacks from 6 to 7, then Bible study from 7 to 8.

Vacation Bible School

Let the little children come

Held in past summers, with VBS photos from 2016 and 2017 on the church site. Dates: [to confirm]

Can't make it Sunday? Watch from home.

Worship is held in person and on Facebook Live. Find the service on the church's Facebook page.

[Latest sermon: title, speaker, date]

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Four women in white standing beside the altar table, where an open Bible rests under a glass case.
The sanctuary and altar table. Photo from the church's own site.

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928 Bean Creek Road, Sautee Nacoochee, GA 30571
P.O. Box 113

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