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{{Short description|Historic site in Rowan County, North Carolina, US}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Back Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemeterey

| nrhp_type = =

| image = 2012-09-28_17-49-28_27_back_creek_church.jpg

| caption = Back Creek Presbyterian Church, September 2012

| location = 2145 Back Creek Church Road (SR 1763), [[Mount Ulla, North Carolina]]

| coordinates = {{coord|35|39|3|N|80|42|24|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = North Carolina#USA

| built = 18561857

| architecture = Greek Revival

| added = December 29, 1983

| area = {{convert|5.8|acre}}

| refnum = 83003998<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>▼

| governing_body = Private

▲ | refnum = 83003998<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>

}}

'''Back Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery''' is a historic [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] [[church (building)|church]] and [[cemetery]] in [[Mount Ulla Township, Rowan County, North Carolina|Mount Ulla, Rowan County, North Carolina]] currently affiliated with the [[Presbyterian Church in America]] (PCA). It was named for a nearby stream, which was back of Sills Creek and called Back Creek.<ref name='Website'>[{{cite web|url=http://stat.pcanet.org/ac/directory/directory.cfm |title=Presbyterian Church website]|access-date=June 24, 2019}}</ref><ref name='Thyatira2'>{{cite book|title=Thyatira Presbyterian Church Rowan County, North Carolina (1753-1948)|url=https://archive.org/details/thyatirapresbyte01ling|author=Lingle, Walter Lee|year=2013|publisher=Forgotten Books}}, {{ISBN|152779248X}}</ref><ref name="History150">{{cite book|title=150th Anniversary of Back Creek Presbyterian Church, 1805-1955|year=1955|location=Mt. Ulla, North Carolina}}</ref>

==History==

The congregation was founded in 1805. The first pastor was Rev Kilpatrick. Four year later the congregation built a little log house of worship. This was replaced by the congregations 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 in America. In 1993 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 = http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/nr/RW0045.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2015-02-01}}</ref><ref>[http://www.backcreekpca.com/main_design_1-20-10_003.htm Back Creek Presbyterian Church website]</ref>▼

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|last1=Alexander|first1=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>

▲TheIn congregation1807 wasthe foundedfirst inpastor, 1805Rev. TheJoseph firstD. pastorKilpatrick wasof RevPoplar KilpatrickTent Presbytery, accepted the call to lead the new congregation. Four yearyears 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 congregationscongregation'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 inof America. InAnd 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 = httphttps://wwwfiles.hpo.ncdcrnc.gov/ncdcr/nr/RW0045.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdateaccess-date = 2015-02-01}}</ref><ref name='Website2'/>[http://www.backcreekpca.com/main_design_1-20-10_003.htm<ref Backname="History" Creek Presbyterian Church website]</ref>

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>

The Rev. S. C. Alexander (1830–1907) delivered the dedication of the third church building in an address at Thyatira on March 21, 1857. At that time, he was pastor of both Back Creek and Thyatira.<ref name="History" />

It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1983.<ref name="nris"/>

Back Creek adheres to the [[Westminster Confession of Faith]], [[Westminster Larger Catechism]] and [[Westminster Shorter Catechism]].<ref name='Website2'>[{{cite web|url=http://www.backcreekpca.com/main_design_1-20-10_005.htm |title=Back Creek Presbyterian Church website]|access-date=June 24, 2019}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[South Yadkin River]] showing Back Creek

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