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McKINNEY BAPTIST CHURCH

Historical marker, 1982.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

OF McKINNEY

AT DREXEL STREET

THIS CONGREGATION WAS ORGANIZED

IN APRIL 1882 UNDER THE DIRECTION

OF THE REV. A. R. GRIGGS. ORIGINALLY

KNOWN AS THE SECOND BAPTIST

CHURCH, THE FELLOWSHIP CONDUCTED

EARLY WORSHIP SERVICES UNDER A

BRUSH ARBOR. LAND AT THIS SITE

WAS DEEDED TO CHURCH TRUSTEES

IN 1893 BY T. J.  BROWN AND JAMES

W. THROCKMORTON, A FORMER TEXAS

GOVERNOR. THE FIRST SANCTUARY WAS

BUILT HERE THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AND

IN THE ORDINATION OF MINISTERS,

THE CONGREGATION HAS PLAYED A

MAJOR ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT

OF THE AREA FOR OVER A CENTURY.

McKinney

Churches Index

Recommended citation:

"McKinney Baptist Church, Collin County Churches," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc.

Last modified: June 30, 2009