Old Baptist Church
N 30° 19.171 W 096° 20.821
14R E 755095 N 3357174
Marker Location At the intersection of FM 50 and FM 390, N.W. Independence.
Waymark Code: WMTPG7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/23/2016
Views: 6
Independence Baptist Church, the oldest continuously active Baptist church in the State of Texas.
Organized in 1839, the Independence Baptist Church was the leading Baptist church and supporter of missionary work during the Republic of Texas, and is the congregation in which Sam Houston was baptized in 1854.
In 1872, fire heavily damaged the 1853 meeting house the pulpit furniture and pews associated with member Sam Houston were salvaged. The congregation quickly built the stone structure in which the members worship today.
Marker Number: 8417
Marker Text:
Organized in 1839. Here Sam Houston was converted and baptised in Rocky Creek in 1854. The present building was erected in 1872
Erected by the State of Texas, 1936
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