Smyrna Primitive Baptist Church
Bentley, Illinois

Regular Meeting Times

Third Sunday of each month beginning at 10:30 am with lunch following in the dining hall. Services continue after lunch. Our conference meeting is held on the Saturday afternoon before beginning at 1:30.

Present Pastors

Elder Alan Curtis of rural Carthage, IL is pastor.

Special Meetings

Smyrna holds her annual meeting on the third weekend of June each year.

For further information, please contact our church moderator, Brother Robert Curtis.

Smyrna Church History

Smyrna Church was organized at the Bentley schoolhouse April 16, 1870 with a presbytery composed of Elders T.N. Frazee, Thomas Jones, and William J. Preston. In June of that year Elder Jones was elected to serve as pastor. Since that time, there have been six pastors (not including our current co-pastors.) They were Elders B.R. Warren, L.E. Frazee, Claude Webb, J.O Symmonds, Orvel B. Prior, and Vernon R. Hopkins.

The current church building was built in 1873 and remodeled in 1896, 1925, 1946, and 1971. In 1965, the church began work on the current dining hall which was expanded in 1978.