Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church
Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church, Protestant church building in Moneta, Bedford County, Virginia.
The T-shaped wooden building features weatherboard siding, Gothic Revival lancet windows, and a bell tower topped with a tin fleur-de-lis ornament.
The church property was acquired in 1881 by four African American trustees from the Pullen and Broad families, who received the land from the Mead family.
The congregation represents the Black Baptist Missionary movement in Virginia, which has emphasized home missionary activities and Sunday school education since 1815.
The church location includes a cemetery with six marked graves dating after 1960 and several unmarked fieldstones spread across the grounds.
Reverend Noel C. Taylor, who became the first African American mayor of Roanoke, delivered his initial trial sermon at this church in 1955.
Location: Virginia
GPS coordinates: 37.24830,-79.62610
Latest update: September 23, 2025 14:25
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