EBENEZER CHURCH
(Crabapple community)
The origin of the church is unknown. The records of the beginning of Ebenezer Church were destroyed by fire, along with the original structure in March 1931.
Two of the members, Mrs. Hazel Jackson and Mrs. Miona Rickerson, described the building as it was: the building was of unpainted weatherboard. Access to the double front doors was provided by steps fashioned from wide, thick boards. A small platform that extended outward from the main wall comprised the pulpit. By the side of this, a side door opened to the back. In front of the pulpit sat a small bench called the “Moaner’s Bench”. A Bible stand stood in the pulpit. Seating was provided by benches, handmade of wide boards, three on the right and three on the left of the pulpit, also by benches in the nave of the church and separated by a wide aisle. Lighting was provided by hanging kerosene lamps with two wall kerosene lamps on either side of the pulpit. Also three windows lined either side of the building. An organ sat out to the right of the Bible stand and a wood burning stove was in the center of the church.
The present building was built back the same year the original was destroyed.
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