1988 - Sherman Chapel Missionary Baptist Church - Judson, TX
N 32° 37.061 W 094° 45.569
15S E 334920 N 3610271
The current sanctuary of the Sherman Chapel Missionary Baptist Church is a rebuild, prompted by expansion of US 259 in the 1980s. It is located at 7967 US Hwy 259 N in the Judson community, north of Longview, TX.
Waymark Code: WM197JR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/16/2023
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A 2015 Texas Historical Marker stands a few feet away from the granite cornerstone, and it provides some history:
Following Emancipation, many African American congregations were founded in East Texas in the 1870s. As freedmen, they wanted their own places to worship in their own communities. Established in the Judson community in 1870, Sherman Chapel Missionary Baptist Church was organized with support from Reverend Daniel Sherman. In the early years, the church building was shared with the Pleasant Hill Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (later named Christian Methodist Episcopal Church) until each congregation could construct a sanctuary.
The first location was on Freedmen's Ridge near Omega in northeastern Gregg County, a community formed after the Civil War for emancipated slaves. In the early 1940s, Sherman Chapel Congregation briefly relocated to a site one-quarter mile north of here to a place known as "In the Pines." After a fire destroyed the building in 1945-46, the church congregation began to search for a new home. In 1947, land was purchased on State Highway 26 which was later renamed Highway 259, and construction of a sanctuary began.
The church commemorated the building's completion on March 9, 1952, when they began their annual church anniversary celebration. In the 1980s, the sanctuary was rebuilt on the same lot due to the widening of the highway. For more than a century, Sherman Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Members have nurtured, educated and fostered spiritual growth in the community with leadership and support. Throughout the decades and sometimes jarring changes, the congregation has remained a spiritual beacon for the families of the area.
Year of construction: 1988
Full inscription:
Sherman Chapel
Baptist Church
Founded 1870 by Rev. D. Sherman
Rebuilt 1988
Officers
L. Finch Deacon/Trustee
Ulysses Harris Sr. Deacon/Trustee
R.E. Johnson Deacon/Trustee
R. Harris Trustee
Rosie Lee Jones Trustee/Sec.
Rev. Samuel Lawson, Pastor
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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