BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge church celebrated 150 years of service on Sunday along Gardere Lane. 

The Greater Sixty Aid Baptist Church began in 1876 when a group of 60 men gathered to sing praises under a stand of palmetto trees, with the first formal gathering place being a 30-foot wooden structure on Old Perkins Road. 

In 1936, the structure was remodeled with indoor plumbing and modern fixtures installed, as well as a bell tower previously located outside of the building being brought indoors. 

In 1952, the church built a new sanctuary along Rabey Street, with the church's current location on Gardere Lane later being built in 2004.