1911-1955-1966 - First Baptist Church - Chickasha, OK
Posted by: hamquilter
N 35° 02.720 W 097° 55.939
14S E 597376 N 3878591
This church has a 120-year history in this community.
Waymark Code: WMKX9T
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2014
Views: 2
First Baptist Church (not to be confused with the First Baptist Church on W. Colorado Avenue) has been organized for 120 years. There are three cornerstones at this site.
The 1911 cornerstone has been removed from an original buiding which no longer exists. This stone is sitting on the ground next to the main entrance. It reads:
First Baptist
Church
Rev. A. D.
Reaves
Pastor 1911
On the southwest corner of the sanctuary is a cornerstone which reads:
First
Baptist Church
Erected 1911
Rebuilt 1966
R.S. Corbin Mnister
Faith is the substance
Heb. 11:1
Attached to the north of the sanctuary is an educational building which has a cornerstone reading:
First Baptist
Educational Building
Erected 1955
For the people -
- had a mind to work
Neh. 4:6
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