Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church was founded near Double Bridges Creek at LeCompte Place, three miles southwest of the present location. Its first pastor was J. W. Bullard. Its charter members were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mathis, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Barbee, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jones, Mr. Bob Howell, Miss Lizzie Gilbert, and Mr. Lige Cobb. “I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord.” Psalm 122:1