On June 24, 1849, Reverend Asahel Chapin and forty-two members constituted
Second Baptist Church in Holyoke. This young church would live, grow, and minister
in the city of Holyoke for the next 137 years. A link to a more detailed history of this period is contained in
this link.
In 1986 the members of Second Baptist had a vision and a challenge. They made the
decision to come “across the river” to South Hadley and be named, Second Baptist
Church of South Hadley.
Over the next 20 years the church would grow into its new
building and enjoy its new location; during this time, in 1991, the church was blessed to receive Pastor Don as its Pastor. In over 160 years of serving Jesus Christ the church
has truly built “A Great Heritage”.
Stepping out in faith in 2006, the church made a commitment to grow for the Lord once again by funding an
addition to
the existing building. The results were 7 new classrooms, storage space, a full-size gym, locker rooms, a fitness room and a new kitchen, which enabled existing rooms to be used for extra purposes. The new addition was dedicated in October 2007.
A new round of changes occurred in early 2010, as the Sanctuary area was expanded by using some of the nathex area, and also in late 2010 when the Fellowship Hall began to be split into separate rooms for new Nursery and Pre-School areas. All these changes are needed because God is consistently blessing our church and adding to its numbers!
