In 1974, several families from the Mansfield, Ohio, area were sent to Aiken to build a new manufacturing facility (now known as ASCO).  Having come from Grace Brethren churches in Ohio, the families banded together to begin a Grace Brethren Church here.

In 1975, Steve Taylor, former associate pastor at Rohrerstown GBC, Lancaster, PA, became pastor of the newly formed GBC of Aiken.  Services were held in the old Aiken Community Playhouse at the corner of Price Avenue and Two Notch Road.  In the fall of 1980, church services were held in our new building on Talatha Church Road.

Time Line

* 1975 - The Church was organized with 12 original members (3 families).

* 1975-80 - Church services were held in the former Aiken Community Playhouse on Two-Notch Road while money was saved to build facilities.

* 1980 - We moved into our own building in the fall with about 55 people/15 families attending.

* 1983 - The original building was completed.

* 1985-86 - The first addition (education/all purpose) was completed (about 175 people/50 families attending).

* 1986-87 - The second addition (offices, foyer, fellowship/classroom areas) was completed (about 250-80 families attending).

*1988 - The third addition and the auditorioum expansion were completed.

* 1996 - The fourth and fifth additions were nurseries and classrooms (280 people/95 families attending).

* PRESENT - Approximately 320 people/116 families attend GBCA.