Historic Churches

Ridgeland’s historic churches include Simon Hill Missionary Baptist Church, the oldest chartered church in Ridgeland, a Black community church built in 1874 that originated from the Mt. Charity and New Hope Grove congregations. Its original location was at the corner of what is now Sunnybrook and W. Jackson Street, and since the early 1900's it has stood at the corner of Old Town Crossing and Ridgeland Avenue. The congregation owns and maintains the Jones Cemetery at the corner of County Line Road and Pear Orchard Road. Ridgeland’s Presbyterian Church was organized in 1899, built a church on West Washington Street in 1903, and continued meeting there until it disbanded in the 1940s. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church erected a church building here in 1900; its first rector was William Mercer Green, who was Bishop of Mississippi from 1938 - 1942. St. Luke’s remained active until 1947, when Ridgeland Baptist Church organized and purchased the former Episcopal church property. Ridgeland’s Methodist Church, originally known as Wesley Chapel, was moved to downtown Ridgeland in 1901.

Ridgeland, Mississippi · United States