Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the community of Crozet grew up around a railroad station (now the Crozet Library) built to serve the students of Miller School. Members of neighboring Baptist churches organized the Crozet Baptist Church on September 8, 1903 to serve the new community. The first church building was dedicated on August 18, 1907.

For a number of years, our congregation was part of a field of churches which shared the same pastor. On April 1, 1949, the members of Crozet Baptist Church called Rev. Lee Saunders as their first full-time pastor.

In the early 1950’s, Acme Visible Records and Morton Frozen Foods opened plants in Crozet, bringing many new people to the area. Crozet Baptist dedicated a new brick sanctuary in 1951 and a Sunday School building in 1955. The west wing of the church was added in 1961, the sanctuary was enlarged in 1983, and the children’s education wing and the fellowship hall in 1994.

Today, Crozet has been designated as one of two population growth centers for Albemarle County. New homes and subdivisions are going up everywhere and many new families are making Crozet their home.

Crozet Baptist Church is a vital Christian fellowship where young and old, male and female, all share fully in the worship and work of Jesus Christ. We hope you’ll be our guest in the very near future.

Our History

Our Logo

Several years ago, we realized that we needed a  logo. We wanted something that would remind us of our rich heritage here at CBC. In our stained glass windows, there is a pattern that is repeated eight times. It was there in that traditional symbol of our church and our faith that we found our inspiration. This piece of our church building, this traditional pattern was taken and used to create a new and unique design.

This design is full of meaning for Christians. It is an ancient, even-armed cross. It is a church building as seen from above with its doors open wide. It also has meaning for our unchurched friends and neighbors. It is the green and blue earth that God made. It is the colors of the Blue Ridge and the green pastures of Western Albemarle. And it has special meaning when connected to our vision document. It is our four-fold strategy. It is arrows that remind us to minister inside the church and out. It has in reality become for much of our community the presence of Crozet Baptist Church among them.