
Shiloh Baptist Church - Shiloh, TX
N 31° 36.746 W 096° 27.082
14R E 741775 N 3500297
The Shiloh Baptist Church is located in the Limestone County community of Shiloh at the intersection of County Roads 433 and 439, about 5.4 miles from Mexia. Sunday services are at 11 AM.
Waymark Code: WM14NZH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2021
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A 2001 Texas Historical Marker provides some history:
On October 21, 1881, 15 residents of several neighboring communities in this part of Limestone County met to organize a Baptist church. The Rev. G.L. Jennings served as first pastor. For 14 years, the congregation met for worship in the Shiloh schoolhouse and participated in a Union Sunday School with the local Methodist church. In January 1896, the members of Shiloh Baptist Church worshiped for the first time in their own sanctuary. The congregation completed a new building in 1927 to replace the original. For more than 100 years, Shiloh Baptist Church has shared in the religious and cultural heritage of this rural area.
The congregation has an active presence on Facebook, which also links to a fairly bare-bones website. Both are about the here and now.