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Our Church History
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The first active work done to build up Presbyterianism in Alleghany County, North Carolina, was inaugurated by Rev. W.H. Murray, an evangelist of the Orange Presbytery (a division of Presbyterian Church U.S.), in the summer of 1900.
Rev. Murray contacted Jos. H. Carson, a native of Alleghany County, living in Charlotte, N.C., and belonging to a Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, who agreed to furnish funds to build a church if the Presbytery would agree to build a manse. Orange Presbytery agreed, and a four acre lot was bought in the town of Sparta, and a manse and church were completed in 1905. The original wooden frame Sanctuary was deemed unsafe and replaced by a brick building in 1936. March 23, 1952, the congregation voted to change the name from Carson Memorial Presbyterian Church to Sparta Presbyterian Church. An Educational building was completed and dedicated on September 27, 1970. In 1982 the church voted to retrofit the Sanctuary. Funds were raised and construction was begun in April, 1983. Mr. Eugene Dysart, an Elder, volunteered his services to oversee the renovation project, and local builders supplied the labor. Russell Church Studios of Mount Airy, North Carolina, designed the stained glass windows which were donated by members in memory of, or in honor of, loved ones.
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