Members had begun to meet under a brush arbor in 1862, but petitioned
Piney Grove Baptist Church for dismissal to become Caudle's Grove
Baptist Churchin1864. Apparently Piney Grove Baptist Church granted
this Petition and Caudle's grove, which eventually became Deep
Springs Baptist had its beginning. The name came from a
school built nearby named Deep Springs School. The church
and school name was due to a deep spring, which
never went dry and was located nearby.
A survey of the minutes of the early church indicates that the church
acted as a governing body to oversee the moral lives of its members.
When a member was absent for 3 successive meetings, he/she was
asked to come before the church to ask forgiveness. There was
an "Amen Corner" and an organ. Often the organist was accompanied
by a fiddle player. In the early church, the deacons always sat
together on one side. A man and his wife did not sit together when
they came to church. The men sat on the left side and the
women sat on the right. As the church's membership
and programs grew various building and remodeling has
taken place, with the last remodel in 2008.
