Haywood Hills Baptist Church began in 1958 as Haywood Hills Chapel, after a very successful Mission Vacation Bible School put on by members of Seventh Baptist Church (now Donelson View Baptist Church). A concrete block addition was made to the home that served as the first meeting place, adjoining property was purchased, and we officially became Haywood Hills Baptist Church in 1961. As our membership and ministries grew, we expanded our building from the site of that original backyard Vacation Bible School.

In the 1980s, we worked with our first International groups, Laotian and Hispanic, to help meet the needs of the community around us. Since then, we have shared our facilities with many different congregations from all over the world, including China, Haiti, Nepal, Burma, and the Congo. HHBC held two “Christmas Around the World” events with the choirs of HHBC, Nashville Chin Baptist Church, and Premiere Iglise Baptiste Hatienne.

Today, HHBC partners with Haywood Elementary. We have given treats to the faculty, hung encouraging banners at test time, held Back to School carnivals on the school’s property, created Homework Bags for students, and collected coats and uniforms for the kids. In December, we had a Giving Store for low-income children to select presents for their families this Christmas. Last summer, we had help from seminary evangelism students to share the Gospel door-to-door.

As our website says, “Haywood Hills Baptist Church is a place of grace and encouragement. Here people from different ethnic, social, and cultural backgrounds are united by our common faith in Jesus. We hope you will join us as we reach the nations for Christ here in Nashville and around the world.”

Haywood Hills Baptist Church as she stands today

Volunteers hang signs at Haywood Elementary

This Church Spotlight was originally published in the January 2022 edition of the Baptist Beacon. If you would like for your church to be featured, please call the NBA offices at (615) 259-3034 or email JoAnn Howard.