The Grace Baptist Church found its beginning in the spring of 1959 when a small crowd of about 12 people met together in the home of Rev. Ed Bolen and decided to begin a new church in the city of Brunswick. These 3 or 4 young couples then rented space in the original Brunswick Town Hall, and met there on Sunday mornings until the number reached about 50 people. From the Town Hall, the congregation began to rent space in the Applewood School and continued to meet at the school in 1960 & 1961. As they grew they decided to purchase two parcels of land along Laurel Road. About 1962 they built their first building, an auditorium that would seat about 250 people with several small class rooms to accommodate the children in Sunday School.