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Pine Valley Baptist Church | Hiram GA

About Pine Valley Baptist Church​

Pastor Nick Keller

Pastor Keller and his wife Kimberly. They have four wonderful children: Jacob, Jude, Jill, and Josh. 

Pastor Nick also teaches the young adult's Sunday school class as well as the Bible classes for GA Baptist Seminary.



Email - info@pinevalleybc.com    

Phone - 770.943.2563

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Pine Valley's History

The story of Pine Valley Baptist Church is best described by Psalm 118:23, "This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes."

In March 1974, four families began, what was then named, Maranatha Baptist Church. Throughout the years, Maranatha had three pastors. By the 80's, Maranatha had become a prominent revival center of the area.

In 1994, Georgia Baptist Seminary (then, Trinity Theological Baptist Seminary) began to hold its Bible college classes at Maranatha to train local men and women for service in local churches.

In December 2004, after the pastor’s resignation, Maranatha Baptist Church consisted of a small remnant of members that were meeting faithfully under the interim work of Nick Keller. The next year, 2005, twelve people voted to have Nick Keller to be their pastor.

Over the next decade, ministry growth was slow. Between 2010 and 2015, Pastor Keller began to emphasize community outreach and mission’s giving, and this directly transitioned the church into a new stage of growth.

In July 2015, the church sought to initiate a fresh start by renaming the ministry and Pine Valley Baptist Church. By the next year, the church had grown enough to be able to begin supporting Pastor Keller financially.

In 2017, the church continued to reach into the community and began to help those struggling with strongholds and additions.

In January 2018, Pine Valley Baptist Church held their first RU Recovery Program meeting.


In 2020, we remodeled the second floor  into our children's ministry area and began a new campaign for a large multi-purpose building to allow more space for classes, a gymnasium, and missionary housing.


Since 2020, despite the covid pandemic, Pine Valley Baptist Church maintained ministry. Over the past few years, we have seen dozens of families join the work and we are seeing souls saved, baptized, and discipled on a regular basis.

Today, Pine Valley Baptist Church is a thriving testimony that God is still in the business of changing lives! To Him be all the glory.

Our Purpose

The purpose of the church is summed up in the commission Christ gave His disciples just before He ascended to Heaven: 


“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen” (Matthew 28:18–20).


This last command of Christ should be our highest priority; every facet of church activity should in some way relate to this, the purpose of the church. Acts 5:42 records that the Jerusalem church was indeed fulfilling this purpose: “And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.” This young church was constantly engaged in making the Gospel known to the world.


At Pine Valley Baptist Church, we have emphasized this purpose in our three-point mission statement:

Loving God

Loving God begins in the heart, with a personal relationship with Him. As we gather and participate in Christ-honoring worship services and respond to the preaching of God’s Word, this love flourishes. Mark 12:30 says, “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.”

Growing Together

We grow together, in Christ, through the study of God’s Word. This occurs in our weekly services, in our smaller adult Bible fellowships, and in one-on-one discipleship.

Helping Others

We help others as we find a place of ministry in the local body. We also serve by sharing the Gospel with those who need the Lord—through witnessing to friends, coworkers, neighbors, and loved ones, as well as in participating in church outreach and giving to missions.


As a church, our mission is to reach the world with the Gospel of Christ. We want to utilize every available biblical means, and we want to disciple and train every member to participate in accomplishing our church’s purpose.

Leadership

Jim & Carrie Hudson

Senior Saints Leaders

Jeremy & Shannon Reed

Teens and RU Leaders

Josh & Kaleigh Brady

Children's Leaders