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{{shortShort description|Historic churchsite in Rowan County, North Carolina, United StatesUS}}

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==History==

In the late 18th century disagreements about the worship style at [[Thyatira Presbyterian Church, Cemetery, and Manse|Thyatira Presbyterian Church]] culminated in the splitting of its congregation. Thirty families, including five of Thyatira's elders—Thomas King, John Barr, William Bell, Abraham Lowrance, and Thomas Gillespie, Jr. (son of [[Thomas Gillespie (North Carolina plantation owner)|Thomas Gillespie, Sr.]])—left the church. The only elder still loyal to Thyatira was Capt. Thomas Cowan (1747-1817). They worshipped without a pastor from September 1805 until April 1807. The official date of establishment of Back Creek was September 5, 1805.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.ancestraltrackers.net/nc/rowan/history-back-creek-presbyterian-church.pdf|title=History of Back Creek Presbyterian Church, Rowan County, N.C., for 100 years|lastlast1=Alexander|firstfirst1=Samuel|last2=Goodman|first2=John|publisher=Enterprise Steam Job Print|year=1905|location=Mooresville, N.C.|pages=5–9}}</ref><ref name="History">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofbackcre00alex/mode/2up|title=History of Back Creek Presbyterian Church, Rowan County, N.C. for 100 years|year=1905|location=Mooresville, N. C.|publisher=Enterprise Steam Job Print|author=Alexander, Samuel Caldwell|pages=1–34}}</ref>

In 1807 the first pastor, Rev. Joseph D. Kilpatrick of Poplar Tent Presbytery, accepted the call to lead the new congregation. Four years later, in 1811, land was deeded by one of the ruling elders, John Barr, to "Back Creek Meeting House" and the congregation built a little log house of worship on the land.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/backcreekpresbytback/backcreekpresbytback_djvu.txt|title=Back Creek Presbyterian Church 150th anniversary, 1805-1955|last=Goodman|first=M.Emma|publisher=Back Creek Presbyterian Church|year=1955|location=Mount Ulla, N.C.}}</ref> This was replaced by the congregation's present [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] sanctuary built in 1857. In 1869 the congregation lost their African-American members, nearly half of the congregation. The entire region suffered economic depression. Many members left to the West. In 1952 a religious educational building was added. The current manse was built in 1968. Over the years Back Creek Presbyterian belonged to five different [[Presbyterian]] denomination. In 1991 the congregation joined the Presbyterian Church of America. And in 1993 the classrooms and kitchen were expanded.<ref name="nrhpinv">{{Cite web | author =Davyd Foard Hood and Michael Hill| title = Back Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =July 1983| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/RW0045.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | access-date = 2015-02-01}}</ref><ref name='Website2'/><ref name="History" />

In 1824 some members of Back Creek Church congregation organized Prospect Presbyterian Church in southwestern corner of Rowan County.<ref>{{Cite book|title=History of Rowan County North Carolina|last=Rumple|first=Jethro|publisher=Observer Printing House|year=1916|location=Charlotte, N.C.|pages=369}}</ref>

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