Our Heritage

In the early nineteenth century, a pioneering group of faith and determined Christians had a dream for their little ‘neck’ of the woods in rural coastal Georgia. Their dream was grounded in Faith in Almighty God, and their desire to meet together to worship him.

That dream became a reality when, in 1830, a delegation from Bryan Neck approached the Savannah Presbytery requesting to be received into the Presbyterian Church. And so was born the first and oldest congregation in Bryan County.
The original building was located 3 miles north of its current location. After a fire destroyed the building, the church was built on its present location in 1885. It is the oldest public building in Bryan County. In 2000 the Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church has faithfully served this area for over 165 years.
By 1991, explosive growth in the community led to the organization of the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church. At that time, the Bryan Neck Church merged with the Richmond Hill to form one unified Presbyterian mission to the south Bryan area.
On May 4th 1991, Dr. David Long was installed as our new pastor. For 9 years the congregation met in the current "church house". The congregation of the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church broke ground in April 2000.