Links Rutherford County Tourism Chimney Rock, Lake Lure, Bat Cave, and Gerton, North Carolina offer a number of beautiful churches and chapels.
Guests are always welcome and warmly greeted.
The church has a long history. The original church was dissolved in the 1800's and later reformed as the Whitesides Valley Baptist Church. When the Lake Lure Dam was built and water filled the valley creating Lake Lure, it was moved to the present location and renamed Chimney Rock Baptist Church. One of the special missions of the church is to work with young people from a Bible base on current issues facing them today, such as drugs and sexual abstinence. The church has an active men's group which holds a breakfast on the first Saturday of each month.