Shooks Chapel Methodist Church
N 33° 04.551 W 095° 35.950
15S E 257370 N 3662700
Texas Historical Marker noting the origins and history of the Shooks Chapel Methodist Church, on the west side of TX 154 about a mile south of Sulphur Springs.
Waymark Code: WMPZTG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2015
Views: 2
If the Methodist church is still active here, there are no signs to indicate their presence.
Marker Number: 7325
Marker Text:
This church traces its history to 1886, when area settlers organized a congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The church was named for the Rev. W.A. Shook, who held the first revival here. The congregation met in a brush arbor or a nearby schoolhouse until a sanctuary was built on land donated by B.P. Joiner. Early worship services were led by student pastors who were often paid in produce. Associated with the church is a community cemetery, begun in 1889. A second sanctuary, built in 1916, was replaced by a new structure in 1974. (1988)
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