Galilee Missionary Baptist Church Bell - Sanger, TX
N 33° 21.532 W 097° 10.007
14S E 670565 N 3692572
The bell from the original sanctuary of the Galilee Missionary Baptist Church stands in front of their current meeting place at 300 E Willow St, Sanger, TX.
Waymark Code: WMTWXW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2017
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The cornerstone from the 1910 building stands in front of the old bell, referencing the church's organization that year, "by R. Curry". A 2009 Texas Historical Marker provides some background, even mentioning the bell:
In 1909, area African Americans organized Galilee Missionary Baptist Church approx. 2.5 miles south of Sanger on the farm of John W. and Eliza McCarty. The McCartys had purchased the 750-acre farm in 1900. The congregation moved to Sanger in 1910 and built a church at this site, which was also used as a school for their children. In the early 1920's, the women of the congregation raised and sold cotton to buy a church bell which is still rung each Sunday. When the church house grew too small, a larger one was built in 1957, and another larger church building was built in 1998. The church contributes to the community through many outreach and missionary programs.
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