Our Hopwood(s) Heritage

Josephus and Sarah Eleanor Hopwood served God at Milligan College and at the Buffalo Creek Christian Church for many years in the late 1800's and early 1900's.  Josephus was president of Milligan and Mrs. Hopwood was known as a wonderful teacher and mentor of students.  Check out my sermon, "Holy Spirit Heresy!" telling about the time Mr. Hopwood was tried for heresy at the Buffalo Creek Church. After the church building was renovated in the 1930's, the Buffalo Creek Christian Church was renamed the Hopwood Memorial Christian Church.  The picture on the right shows the old Buffalo Creek Christian Church in the foreground, together with the old Administration building that later burned and another building that stood near what is now the nursing building.  Note the way that the steeple was re-used when the church was renovated.  Photos courtesy of the Milligan College archives.