West End Baptist Church is a community of believers centered and growing in Christ Jesus, passionate about loving Jesus and making Him known in Greenville, SC and around the world. You are invited (and welcome!) to join us for Christian Life Academy and worship services on Sundays, or to one of our many Home Groups meeting throughout the week in the greater Greenville area.
If you would like to speak with someone about West End Baptist Church, please feel free to email us or to call the church office at 864-232-7312. We have lots of information here on our website, but we’d love to hear from you, too!
We are located at 123 Arlington Ave, Greenville SC, 29601. Our office hours are 9:00 to 4:30 Monday – Thursday, and 9:00 to noon on Friday. Worship services are Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Come early for coffee and fellowship! We’d love to have you worship with us.
We believe in the Holy Scriptures as originally given by God, divinely inspired, infallible, entirely trustworthy; and the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
We believe that God is eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
God the Father: the first person of the Trinity in authority who sovereignly reigns over His universe, Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ
God the Son: Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, born of a virgin, wholly man and wholly God, died as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of mankind, arose from the grave defeating the power of sin and death
God the Holy Spirit: co-equal with the Father and Son, present in the world today to make people aware of their need for Jesus Christ, living in every Christian from the moment of salvation
Salvation is a free gift of God provided through Jesus Christ, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for those who believe.
The church is a congregation of baptized believers under the headship of Jesus Christ, with the purpose of glorifying God and making disciples.
Every person will be judged by the Lord Jesus Christ upon their death and will be raised again: the saved to eternal life with our Lord and Savior, the lost to eternal torment in hell and separation from God.
Two circumstances in 1889 led to the formation of Pendleton Street Baptist Church (West End Baptist Church), in Greenville, SC. First, a burgeoning population growth was taking place on the west side of the Reedy River. Second, these residents were finding it difficult, if not impossible at times, to ford the then un-bridged Reedy in order to attend Greenville First Baptist Church on West McBee Avenue downtown. Therefore, on March 3, in a room over Gibbs’ Grocery Store on Pendleton Street, a number of Greenville First Baptist Church members met as a mission Sunday School. The little mission grew quickly and one year later it was ready to become a church.
Thus, West End Baptist Church (later known as Pendleton Street Baptist Church because of the location on Pendleton St.) was established on March 30th, 1890. According to the Minutes of Organization of the church, “…Dr. J.C. Furman preached a sermon from Psalms 84:1, ‘How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts,'” after which “ninety-seven charter members stood to affirm their acceptance of doctrine and belief.”
Several years ago, the city of Greenville annexed a portion of Pendleton Street onto Main St., changing the church’s address to 1100 S. Main St. For years, the name Pendleton Street Baptist Church stayed the same, although the church later sold the building and no longer met on Pendleton St. or on Main St. In June 2022, the members of Pendleton Street Baptist Church voted to go back to their former name, West End Baptist Church. The name change reflects the original mission of the church – a desire to serve in the West End of Greenville, SC, for the glory of God!
During its 126-year history, Pendleton Street Baptist Church has called fourteen pastors and four supply or interim pastors. Those serving since 1914 include B.D. Hahn, who began his ministry at PSBC that year, J. Dean Crain, who followed in 1931, D.M. Rivers in 1952, R.W. (Jack) Causey in 1974, W.R. (Bill) West in 1988, Larry E. Jones in 1997, and T.M. (Marty) Price in 2003.
On a 50 x 150-ft. lot at the corner of Perry Avenue and Pendleton Street, the first church building was erected in 1890. As growth demanded more space, the original building was enlarged.
The Hahn Building was completed in 1938, the Educational Building in 1951, and the last sanctuary in 1962. The original, often modified, sanctuary was demolished in 1972. In its place, the Rivers Building (gym) was erected in 1973. 
By extending South Main Street to include several blocks of what was formerly Pendleton Street, the City of Greenville changed PSBC’s address to 1100 South Main Street. Over the years Pendleton Street Baptist Church bought additional property so that the church would occupy the entire block except for the corner lot at Markley and South Main, occupied by Saint Andrew Episcopal Church.
After the sale of the building on South Main (see “A big move”), the congregation met for Sunday worship services at the Hilton Greenville. In December 2022, West End Baptist Church “came home” to the West End, to a new building located on 123 Arlington Avenue, Greenville SC 20601.
In more recent years, with population changes and the gentrification of the West End of Greenville, several investment groups were showing interest in the church property. After praying and seeking the will of God concerning these inquiries, the Leadership Team and congregation of PSBC/WEBC felt God leading them in a new direction concerning the physical property of Pendleton Street Baptist Church. On January 4, 2015, the members of PSBC/WEBC voted to sell the building on Main St. and to create plans for a new facility that would better align with the church’s mission and ministry.
The congregation then moved their Sunday worship services to the Hilton Greenville, where the hotel staff graciously served our classroom and worship center needs each week. PSBC/WEBC has enjoyed worshipping at the Hilton during the years between buildings. In 2020, property on the corner of Arlington Avenue and Anderson Street was purchased. The church offices were housed there until remodeling and construction on the new church building began in early 2022. The first service of West End Baptist Church in the new building was held on December 11, 2022. We’re excited about our first Christmas in our new home!
