History of Lighthouse Baptist Church

            On September 18, 1996 Pastor Ron Crank started Lighthouse Baptist Church in his home. The first service consisted of 22 members present. Later the services moved to Peoples State Bank in Altamont. On different occasions the services were held in the park when the bank was unavailable. From there the church met at the Living Museum in Altamont.
            On August 21, 1998 the church purchased our current property at 2473 E. US HWY 40 in Altamont from Stone Sandblasting and Painting. The property consisted of a house and a pole building. Services were held in the house while construction was being done on the pole building, transforming it into our current church building and place of worship. In 2001 new construction began to add on a fellowship hall, kitchen and restrooms.
            In November of 2004, Pastor Ron Crank resigned the church and went into Evangelism. Pastor Robert Tucker served as an interim pastor from December 2004 until May 29, 2005 at which time the church called Troy Kurtz to serve as their Pastor, and at the time of this document was still serving to that capacity. Future plans are to build on a baptistery and classrooms as well as do some remodeling for the glory of God.