Zion Canaan Baptist Church

Zion Canaan Baptist Church was set up in 1886 after a group of former slaves recognized the need for a place to worship. Led by the Holy Spirit, Frank and his wife, Phyllis Lawhorn Anderson, donated an acre of land they had purchased in the State Park Community. This community was sparsely populated with little community resources. With the nearest church of their faith being at least ten miles away, the need for a closer place in which to worship pressed hard on the hearts and minds of the Andersons.