On June 26, 1938, Clingan Ridge Baptist Church was organized in the yard of Mrs. Inez Vaughn on what is now church property.  The original church building was built on land facing Gutherie Dr., sold to the church by J. P. Rayfield for the cost of $5.  Today’s church building is still located on the same city block facing Georgetown Road.  Its name comes from the nearby ridge settled by the Alexander A. Clingan family in 1835 shortly after Bradley County was founded.

  Clingan Ridge Baptist Church chose Rev. Edgar Colloms as its first pastor.  He began his pastorate on July 3, 1938 with twelve charter members.  Over the years the church has acquired the entire city block of its current location.  The present building was constructed in 1957 with two major remodeling project occurring in 1977 and 1994.  During its sixty-year history, Clingan Ridge has been blessed with seventeen different pastors.  The current church membership is 960+.

     On September 10, 1999, the Lord richly blessed our church with Ricky Vaughn as our new pastor.  With him and his family came love, leadership, compassion and a strong vision to win the lost to Jesus.  God also opened the door to make Josh Cornelius our full-time youth minister.  He and April have already accomplished so much with our youth.  Every service is filled with such a sweet spirit.  Our choir is under the leadership of Kenneth Kesley, Minister of Music.  All of today’s blessings are built on our rich heritage of yesteryear.

  Clingan Ridge is a vibrant, growing congregation.  There are active mission groups for all ages, youth group, senior adult group, as well as Women’s Ministry, a Men’s Ministry, Awana (3year old - 6th grade) and a Youth Ministries team consisting of puppetry, signing and drama teams.

Respectfully submitted,

Larry Kincaid,

Church Historian