Sherwood is a contemporary Southern Baptist Church with traditional values. If you live in the Albany area, we would love to meet you! Join us this Sunday at 9:30 am or 6:00 pm.
8:15 am – Adult Connect Group (Senior Adults) 9:30 am – Worship Service 11:00 am – Connect Groups for all ages 6:00 pm – Evening Worship Service 6:00 pm – Kid’s Rock (1st-5th grade) 6:00 pm – Preschool Praise (3 years-K5)
Vision Statement
“Sherwood Baptist Church exists to see people awakened by the gospel to a life of knowing Christ and making Him known.”
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In 1955, a group met together and established the First Baptist Church Mission in Northwest Albany.
Land on Whispering Pines Road was gifted to the group, 309 charter members enrolled, and the Mallary Baptist Association received the group. Thus, Sherwood Baptist Church was born.
Sherwood later built a 750-seat educational building and sponsored a mission to plant Radium Springs Baptist Church in East Albany.
1970 - 1979
The “Together We Build” campaign provided a 1,000-seat sanctuary, including a bell tower, library, bridal and music suites, pipe organ, adult Sunday School department, and all furnishings and equipment. The building program was completed by February of 1976.
1980 - 1989
After several years of radio broadcasting, Sherwood aired its first video broadcast on cable.
The church completed a building program with the dedication of the Family Life Center – a fully paid off $1.2 million sports, recreation, and educational facility.
Sherwood opened Sherwood Baptist Christian School, offering education for grades K-3 through 8th.
1990 - 1994
Sherwood started an Intercessory Prayer Ministry and opened the Prayer Chapel.
The first Alpha Crisis Pregnancy Center opened.
The school was renamed Sherwood Christian Academy and offered classes through the twelfth grade. Grades 6-12 moved to property purchased on Old Pretoria Road.
During the Flood of 1994, Sherwood became a shelter for 250 evacuees and a hub for 5,400 volunteers from 21 states.
1995 - 1999
AWANA and Upward basketball began.
Sherwood broke ground on a master growth plan, including a 2,250-seat Worship Center and 300-seat Chapel to provide space for “Future Generations.”
The Lehman Strauss House opened across the street from the church to host guests.
2000 - 2004
The Sherwood family moved into the new Worship Center.
The Worship Ministry produced its first original recording, 519.
Sherwood Pictures produced their first major motion picture, Flywheel. Since then, three more box office hits have impacted the world through film: Facing the Giants, Fireproof, and Courageous.
The Vance Havner House opened for missionary families on stateside assignment.
ReFRESH began as a conference at Sherwood for God’s people seeking revival. The conference later expanded to Pigeon Forge, TN; Branson, MO; Las Vegas, NV; and beyond.
2005 – 2009
Sherwood purchased an additional forty acres of land on Old Pretoria Road and enlarged the vision of the Legacy Park sports complex.
Sherwood began investing in church planting efforts in strategic US cities.
2010-2014
Legacy Park: A Ministry of Leading People to the Cross opened, including a baseball/softball complex, soccer fields, a 110-foot cross, fully equipped pavilion, paved parking areas, and more.
Sherwood received an unexpected gift when Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated gave her the Coke Plant on Pine Avenue as a facility for local outreach and missions, now known as the Hope Center at the Coke Plant.
The Meet the Need giving campaign began and focused on local, national, and international missions and church planting, and campus renovations/expansion at the church and school.
2015 – 2019
Sherwood began an ongoing partnership with Samaritan’s Purse to mobilize disaster relief in Southwest Georgia after back-to-back storms.
During a difficult season at SCA, God moved among students and staff in great power. Classes were replaced by prayer meetings and worship gatherings, and 82 people made decisions for Christ.
Sherwood released a new app featuring sermons, worship, podcasts, sermon notes, prayer videos, and a host of other resources.
2020 – 2024
Sherwood celebrated its final service with Pastor Michael Catt prior to his retirement after serving as Senior Pastor for over 31 years.
The church voted unanimously to call Paul Gotthardt and his family to serve as Sherwood’s sixth Senior Pastor.
Ministry continued to expand at the Hope Center to include sewing classes, life skills classes, and Serve Days.
