Our roots as a church trace to 1730 when a preaching station was begun in the area then called Pittsgrove. The faithful met in a log cabin on the Woodstown-Daretown Road where the old Brick Church now stands. Then came a frame building erected in 1743 in the same location and this was replaced by the brick church in 1844. The present church building in the center of Daretown was completed in 1893. The Pittsgrove Baptist Church is much more than just a history of buildings. It is a history rich in the spreading of the Gospel not only in Daretown, but throughout the world with our missionary outreach. It is also our music, our youth, and our Sunday School ministries that are all part of the public worship of the Pittsgrove Baptist Church. It probably cannot be stated any better than the words penned by the Reverend Joshua E. Wills, D.D., in his book published in 1915 entitled “Historical Sketch of the Pittsgrove Baptist Church. Dr. Wills was the 26th Pastor called to minister in this church. He stated the following as he was writing about our present church building: “A word relative to the present commodious meeting house of the Pittsgrove Baptist Church: Situated in the most central part of Daretown, within a few yards from the station and surrounded by its own spacious lawn and parsonage. It might be fairly said that few, indeed, of the Baptist churches of South Jersey, or elsewhere in the rural and suburban districts, have an auditorium equal to the auditorium of the Pittsgrove Baptist Church. Built after modern design and equipment, its pulpit platform and baptistry are of the most modern type. The seating capacity is 410, with semi-circular pews and amphitheatre in its arrangement. Fine stained memorial windows with pleasing approaches. The furnishings are in old oak, and modern electrical light fittings have recently been installed (1914), giving the Pittsgrove Baptist folk an up-to-date place for the public worship of Him whom they call Lord and Master, and whose ordinances are observed and administered agreeable to the New Testament, and as taught by the Apostolic Church."