Settlers from the Edgefield District, South Carolina, organized the Sardis Baptist Church on June 10, 1837.

The present building, constructed in 1850, is an exceptionally fine example of rural antebellum church architecture of Greek Revival style.

Each of the two primary entrances have double-paneled doors trimmed with unadorned molding, and each side of the building has four tall, shuttered, 18-light windows.

Part of the cemetery near the church served the African-American community during the early years.

The old Sardis School building was subsequently moved east on County Road 22 where it became, as it remains today, the living room of the Livingston Paulk home.