Providence Baptist Church, Penknap
The Church was founded under the preaching of Mr George Phillips, the son of a Devonshire farmer who was converted under the preaching of Charles Wesley. Mr Phillips held a series of open air preaching meetings, beginning in April 1810 that led to the formation of the Church. By the October of that year, the chapel had been built.
The Church was called 'Providence' because the open air services that led to the gathering of the Church were not once hindered by rain. 'Penknap' is the name of the field on which the chapel was built.
Providence Church was constituted as a Particular Baptist Church, holding to the Doctrines of Grace.
The Church withdrew from the Baptist Union in the late 1960’s and affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC). Providence is also a Grace Baptist Church, holding to the Second London Baptist Confession, 1689.
The Church continues to bear witness to the gospel of grace in the Dilton Marsh and Westbury area today.
More information may be found at http://www.dilton-marsh.org.uk/research/prov_history.php
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