Harvest Baptist Church
On April 23, 1961, several families and college students began meeting for
worship and Bible study Sunday evenings at the home of Dr. Henry Morris,
the head of the Civil Engineering department at Virginia Tech. Their purpose
was reaching the students and staff at Virginia Tech for Christ.
On February 11, 1962, the church was formally organized.
Land was purchased and the educational building was built in 1968.
Dr. Morris left in 1970 to found the
Institute for Creation Research.
He was President Emeritus of ICR until his death in 2006.
The church has continued to have a strong creation emphasis because of his ministry.
Dr. Ernie Baker pastored the church from 1991 through June 2005. He completed his Doctorate of Ministry
in Biblical Counseling at Westminster Seminary and is a member of
NANC, the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors.
He introduced the church to the Peace Makers and NANC ministries.
He left to teach counseling at the Masters College.
The present auditorium was completed in August of 2004.