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First Christian Church of Robersonville
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First Christian Church of Robersonville grew out of a July 1876 revival meeting in Robersonville conducted by Josephus Latham and Stanley Ayers for the Disciples of Christ. At the end of the revival, the new church was organized with 28 newly baptized persons and 15 transfers, creating an original congregation of 43 members. It was chartered on October 13, 1877, by the North Carolina Christian Missionary Society and was organized in the Masonic Hall as the first church organized in Robersonville. Its first building, a simple wood frame structure with two front doors, was erected in 1877 on a lot given by Henry D. Roberson. Revivals in 1912 and 1913 brought new members and began a new era that led to the construction of the present building in 1913. The first communion set and an old Bible from the earlier church remain in the newer structure. The present First Christian Church is a one-story, brick, Romanesque Revival style building with a cross-gable facade dominated by two sets of three arched stained-glass windows capped with corbelled, blonde-brick hoods, and its design reflects the influence of popular national architectural styles in North Carolina churches during the first decades of the twentieth century. It remains a vibrant part of the Robersonville community at 126 South Main Street.
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