The Timberridge Presbyterian Church was organized in 1829, and the first building was constructed that same year, approximately one half mile from its present location. Henry County was then eight years old, and the city of McDonough was only six years old.
Annual camp meetings were held during the 1830’s. The church’s membership became scattered in the years prior to the War Between the States, and only occasional services were conducted. During Sherman’s Georgia Campaign, the church building was burned by Kilpatrick’s Raiders on September 16, 1864. For the next fifteen years, members of Timberridge had no house of worship of their own.
In 1879, a new building was constructed on the present site, on land donated by John J. Green. D.J. Green and H.M. Russell attended a meeting of the presbytery in Griffin in the spring of 1880 and asked that the church be formally organized and admitted into the presbytery. During the ministry of Rev. John A. Simpson, a new building was constructed. Grover B. Russell and W.E. Russell contracted for this building, which cost $1,740. This building, which still stands, was dedicated on June 4, 1911, by Rev. W.E. Dozier.
During the pastorate of Rev. Swicord, the church celebrated its centennial. Former minister John A. Simpson preached at the centenary observance in September 1929. At the time, the church had 104 resident members, 53 non-resident members, eight ruling elders, and five deacons.
A new educational wing, containing six Sunday School rooms and a large fellowship hall, was dedicated on December 31, 1961. Other improvements to both the inside and outside of the church buildings continued to be made.
From 1966 until 1977, the Rev. J. Fred Moore served as minister. During his years in the pulpit, Timberridge continued to grow and also began to provide partial support for the Rev. Lardner Moore, a missionary in Japan. After having shared a minister with the McDonough Presbyterian Church since 1903 and after the departure of Rev. Moore, Timberridge elected in 1977 to call its first full-time pastor, Rev. R. Monty Nelson.
In 1985 Rev. Tom Bagley was called to Timberridge as pastor. Tom served Timberridge faithfully for nineteen years before accepting a call in 2004 to plant a new congregation east of Atlanta. During Tom’s ministry, the Timberridge Church grew along with the community. In 2000, the church celebrated the construction of a beautiful new sanctuary and fellowship hall.
With Rev. Bagley's departure, Rev. Matt Allison was called in August 2005 to become the pastor at Timberridge. He and his wife Colleen have been married 20 years and have two children, Matthew and Rachel. Matt is excited about the opportunities for ministry that exist at Timberridge and grateful for the call to serve this church family as God leads it into the future.
Most recently, in November of 2007 the Timberridge Presbyterian Church voted to disaffiliate with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and in May of 2008 was received into the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. As a congregation, we are most grateful for God's good hand of providence in leading us into a fellowship with brothers and sisters in Christ who are committed to upholding the authority of Scripture and are enthusiastic about the work of missions locally and abroad.