The account recorded here will be divided into distinct “eras” and will identify the congregation’s evolvement structurally, organizationally, spiritually, and communally. Unfortunately, at least three of these record books have been lost and their loss leaves some gaps in the historical continuity of the congregation’s story after being re-established in Conway. Record books in which the minutes of business meetings dating back to 1956 have also provided a glimpse of historical data that informs us of the story of Pleasant Branch. Her account and conversations with then living members who had migrated to Conway form the basis for all of the earliest accounts of our history. Lucy Gill in the early 1960s who was a former member and the granddaughter of one of the first deacons of the church, Jerry Vaughn. The first recollection of the history of the church being told were oral presentations by the late Mrs. Accounts of the people, events, and circumstances that occurred during the congregation’s life in its original location were handed down orally and later recorded when more research was conducted particularly leading up to the congregation’s centennial celebration in 1980.
There is no record of a written history of Pleasant Branch being brought to the city of Conway, Arkansas in the early 1950s when the congregation settled there. So it is for the congregation called Pleasant Branch. The history of a church congregation is the story of a people who, at some point in time, came together in a covenant relationship for the purpose of furthering the kingdom of God by carrying out His commission (Matthew 28:19-20). History of the Greater Pleasant Branch Missionary Baptist Church
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