First Baptist Church on Walker Street
N 32° 10.275 W 096° 01.425
14S E 780654 N 3563301
Texas Historical Marker at the First Baptist Church, 205 Walker St, Malakoff, TX, providing some history.
Waymark Code: WMZAB4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2018
Views: 2
This church and the First Baptist Church of Malakoff are two separate entities.
Marker Number: 10356
Marker Text:
In 1894, the Rev. Monroe F. Jackson came to Malakoff and founded this congregation. He named it Good Hope Baptist Church. The same year, church trustees Sam Robinson, Monroe Porter, and Governor Wilson acquired land at this site for a church building. Over the years, the members of the Good Hope fellowship have sponsored the founding of several other churches in western Henderson County, including Antioch and Macedonia. The current name was chosen after Good Hope merged with Mt. Olive Baptist Church in 1939. (1985)
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