Mount Nebo Baptist Church - Pilot Grove, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 48.181 W 092° 53.358
15S E 509612 N 4294923
One of the oldest Baptist churches in Missouri, formed before Missouri was a state.
Waymark Code: WM11K1B
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2019
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County of church: Cooper County
loation of church: MO Hwy E & Mt. Nebo Church Lane, about ½ mile E. of MO-135, and 1 mile S. of Pilot Grove
Built: 1857
Architectural Style: Greek Revival
"46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel." ~ King James Bible online
"Mount Nebo Baptist Church stands on a partially tree shaded lot fronting
Missouri Highway E. The cemetery is situated immediately behind and adjacent to
the church to the north. The cemetery is divided into lots, a record of which is on
display in the church entrance foyer. The grounds are well maintained, but several
of the gravestones are in dire need of repair as they are broken. On three sides of
the church is farm ground with a wooded area being on the fourth side across
Highway E to the south.
"Mt. Nebo was organized on June 3, 1820, a
year before Missouri. became a state, when approximately 63 people met in a log
school house a mile north of Bunceton, Cooper County, Missouri, to draw up articles
of faith and organize formally as a congregation. The name Mt. Nebo was adopted
because it was the name of the mountain upon which Moses stood in his old age to
look across at the "Promised Land" realizing that his descendants would inherit a
land of milk and honey even though it was denied to him. The congregation felt
like wanderers searching and they considered the Boonslick their promised land and
hence, they chose the name as the highest point to which they could aspire, both
morally and Literally. Although the list of charter members is lost, early
records tell of the many women who immediately joined the congregation." ~ NRHP Nomination Form