New Hope Baptist Church - Waco, TX
N 31° 33.710 W 097° 08.365
14R E 676586 N 3493370
Begun in 1922, the current sanctuary of the New Hope Baptist Church is at 915 N 6th St, Waco, TX.
Waymark Code: WM16CTW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2022
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A 1983 Texas Historical Marker provides some history:
In the years before 1865, some Blacks in Waco worshiped at the city's First Baptist Church. In 1866 the congregation's pastor, Baylor University President Dr. Rufus Burleson, with the Rev. S.G. O'Bryan and Dr. Richard Burleson, organized a Black church with 18 members. It was named the New Hope Baptist Church by its first pastor, the Rev. Stephen Cobb. During its early years the congregation held services in an old foundry, at the Howard Institute, and in a building shared with a local Methodist church. One of the oldest Black Baptist churches in Waco, the congregation has met at this site since 1923.
That last sentence is a hint that the sanctuary was begun in 1922 and then occupied the following year. An interesting article in The Baylor Lariat sheds some light, noting that the church was finally dedicated in May, 1923.
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