Green Spring Presbyterian Church - Abingdon, Va

On a hill not far from the beautiful and historic southwestern Virginia town of Abingdon sits one of the country's most scenic churches: Green Spring Presbyterian Church. With roots that date all the way back to the 1780s, the history of Green Spring is as rich as that of Abingdon itself.

The Green Spring community takes its name from a fresh-water spring that is lined with green pebbles. It is near this beautiful, refreshing spring that the first members of Green Spring Presbyterian Church met in a log cabin on land donated by local Revolutionary War hero Captain James Montgomery. The "log cabin" church building was torn down in 1882 to make way for the building of a new church in 1886 - which burned down 35 years later.

The cornerstone of the present Green Spring Presbyterian Church building was laid in 1923, and this beautiful House of God has been in continuous use ever since with the very same doctrinal standards as originally observed back at the first meeting in the late 18th century. The Presbyterian church played a major role in the settlement of southwestern Virginia and it is still just as vibrant and influential today, and Green Spring Presbyterian Church is still doing its part to help keep that long-standing tradition alive.

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