The Church of the Open Door was founded as an independent fundamental church in 1962 by Dr. Robert E. Mayer. For six months a Bible study was held in a private home. Regular Sunday and Wednesday services began in November of '62. Services were first held in a rented storeoom on the corner of Fifth and Locust Streets. In November of '63 the church was incorporated and moved into a larger church building on Fourth Street.
In the fall of 1978 Lebanon Christian Academy began. The church and school moved into a stone mansion located on East Walnut Street. In 1980 the church and school moved again into a newly-constructed building at 875 Academy Drive where the church and school still exist.
In the summer of 1997, Dr. Mayer resigned. In September of that same year, Rev. Craig L. Griffith, Sr. became Pastor of the church where he has served the Lord faithfully for ten years.
In 2001 the church's name was officially changed to Open Door Baptist Church for the purpose of clarifying the church's doctrinal position to the community.
Burdened to futher educate men and women in the truth of God's Word, Pastor Griffith established the Open Door Bible Insitute. Classes began in the fall of 2003.
Open Door Baptist Church joyously celebrated its 45th year in the fall of 2007 and praises God for His continued blessing.
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