We welcome you as a visitor to our church . It is our prayer that you draw near to God while you are here!

You will find that this church has a brief but very charming history. We were organized as a congregation on October 31, 1897. The church is named in honor of the Rev. Dr. Dinwiddie, a Presbyterian evangelist who made it his life's work to organize churches during Virginia's early years. Dr. Dinwiddie was one of a number of Presbyterian pioneers in education as well as Christianity in Virginia.

Dinwiddie Presbyterian Church did not begin in the present building. The church began out in the open under a pine grove in what was then known as the Cook Community in Carroll County, Virginia. A small group of Christians gathered every Sunday on benches under the pines to worship God. They were guided by their first preachers: Dr. George Gilmer, Dr. Riff, and Mr. Jake Lindsey. This pine grove was located where the picnic shelter (to the left of the church) now stands. The members came from Hillsville, Sylvatus, and all over the Pine Creek area of the county. They had no musical instruments, but their singing was still said to be more beautiful than any organ music. Sometime after the church was organized, Mr. Steve Mitchell bought a small organ which was brought to the pine grove every Sunday morning for the worship services.

The people decided to build a combination church and schoolhouse around the turn of the century. The early congregation which Dr. Dinwiddie brought together in 1896 represented three denominations: Methodist, Christian (Disciples), and Presbyterians. When the first building was destroyed by fire, another building was erected on the same location. Dinwiddie Presbyterian Church struggled to survive in those first years, and was often without a pastor. But God provides!

The Rev. Robert W. Childress found us and took us in hand in March of 1946. The offering that we received on the first Sunday Mr. Childress preached was offered to him for his services (a grand total of $5.60), to which he replied, "Take this and start you a building fund for a church." Small though it was, it grew with the encouragement of Mr. Childress. Our current building is the result of his leadership, as well as some sacrificial giving by many members of this church and of the community. Dinwiddie Presbyterian Church is one of seven stone churches that Mr. Childress built, but he loved us with no less love than he had for his other congregations. The people of this church and the building itself were his pride and joy. So will be our memory of this great man of God.