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About Us

Cedar View Baptist Church is a gospel-centered, Southern Baptist Church located on the south side of Olive Branch, MS. We purpose to exalt Christ in every aspect of church life and in the everyday rhythms of our members on mission. 

SERVICE Times

Sunday School: 9:15am (seasonal for children and youth)
Sunday Worship: 10:30am
Mid-Week Studies: 6:00pm (seasonal)
(See details below)

What to expect at our gatherings...

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Sunday School  
(9:15am)

Healthy relationships are key to being a unified family on mission. As we grow in our faith in Christ, we ask the hard questions and wrestle with life's struggles, all the while looking to Christ for true transformation. Children and youth classes are currently available in Spring and Fall only. 

Sunday WORSHIP (10:30am)

This is the essential, corporate gathering of the church with all attention turning to our Triune God through prayer, praise, and Gospel proclamation. Sunday Worship is the best introduction to our church. 

Shepherding Group
(3rd Sundays only)

These gatherings are less formal and allow us to discuss applying our Sunday worship to our daily lives. After sharing some food together, we aim to be more aware of how the Spirit carries out change in us by worshipping together.  

mid-Week studies
(6:00pm, seasonal)

These studies usually center around a topic or a book. Check back with us for details on upcoming studies. To participate, just sign up and we'll get your materials organized for you. 

What we believe...

Our beliefs are in agreement with the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message.
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History

In early 1963 a group came together on property  at the  corner of Mississippi Highway 305 and Dunn Lane East, later to be named Stewart Rd. in honor of Mr. Bob Stewart, to form a church, the group that would later become the twenty-four charter members held their first service on Easter Morning 1963 in a building already existing on the property.  The first service was led by Billy Whitten, who served as lay speaker until our first pastor, Davis Ramsey was called in September 1963.  In the months that followed there was an effort put forth to organize and constitute a church.  Rev. Ervin Brown and Rev. Clyde Rogers assisted the soon-to-be congregation/charter members to form Cedar View Baptist Church.  We were constituted on August 11, 1963.  To help Cedar View, the Cedar View Congregational Methodist Church, which no longer existed, deeded one square acre to the trustees of Cedar View Baptist Church.  Another half acre was deeded to Cedar View in August 1982 which gave us one & a half (1 1/2) acres of property.

In May of 1965 a building committee as elected to begin plans for building a much needed educational building.  These plans became a reality and by the Fall of 1966 the building was completed and in use.  Then in February 1968 during a regularly scheduled business meeting, the church approved a "special offering" for the third Sunday of each month designated as a building fund for the future construction of a new sanctuary, the first service was held in the new sanctuary in August 1974.  

In 1986, a new fellowship hall was added onto the back of the sanctuary, which was named in honor of Rev. Reed Caldwell.  1988 saw the need for more classroom space and a mobile classrooms were rented from the Northwest Baptist Association, now known as X-tended Missions Network.  More changes and growth were coming and on May 9, 1993 the members and pastor  of Victory Heights Baptist Church in Memphis, TN became part of Cedar View Baptist Church.  With the merger, we also gained another pastor, for the first time in church history we had two pastors who shared the pastoral duties;  Rev. Bob Mizell and Rev. Ed Schulker shared these duties until Rev. Mizell retired in December of 1994.  Also with the merger, the membership increased, and more educational space was needed. In mid-summer of 1994 a new educational building and fellowship hall was completed, the fellowship hall was named "Victory Hall" in Honor of Victory Heights Baptist Church.   

Pastors Past and Present:

Davis Ramsey 
10/1963 to 9/1966  
  
Kenneth Hays 
10/1966 to 3/1967
 
H. R. Caldwell*
4/1964 to 8/1975     
 
Troy Harrison
12/1975 to 10/1977
 
Mike Brown
4/1978 to 5/5/1985
   
Herbert Stewart*
9/29/1985 to 5/10/1987
 
Bob Mizell*    
8/19/1987 to 12/11/1994  
 
Ed Schulker*  
5/9/1993 to 4/26/1998
 
Richard Hamlet 
7/8/1998 to 7/2/2000 
 
Robert Dottley
12/3/2000 to 5/26/2002
 
Joe Caldwell  
09/15/2002 to 8/17/2014
  
Matthew Moore
05/03/2015 to present
 
*Has gone to be with the Lord

GoSPEL   ///   FAMILY   ///   MISSION


OFFICE Hours

M-F: 9am to 3pm

Telephone

662-895-6967

Email

info@cedarviewbaptist.com