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NEVADA BAPTIST CHURCH

Historical marker, 1985

NEVADA BAPTIST CHURCH

BAPTIST WORSHIP SERVICES WERE HELD IN THE NEVADA

AREA BEFORE THE 1880S. IN 1882, THE MT. PLEASANT BAPTIST

CHURCH DIVIDED ITS MEMBERSHIP TO FORM A NEW CON-

GREGATION KNOWN AS PLEASANT HILL. IN 1890, UNDER THE

LEADERSHIP OF THE REV. M. M. WOLFE, THIRTY-FIVE MEMBERS

OF THE PLEASANT HILL CHURCH ORGANIZED THE NEVADA

BAPTIST CHURCH. WOLFE SERVED AS THE CONGREGATION'S

FIRST PASTOR.

MEMBERSHIP DURING THE CHURCH'S FIRST YEAR TOTALED

EIGHTY PERSONS. THE FIRST CHURCH BUILDING WAS COM-

PLETED IN 1891 AND SERVED UNTIL A BRICK STRUCTURE

WAS ERECTED IN 1919-20. ALTHOUGH THE SANCTUARY WAS

DAMAGED IN NEVADA'S DESTRUCTIVE 1927 TORNADO, IT PRO-

VIDED SHELTER FOR AN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL AND MORGUE

DURING THE CRISIS.

OVER THE YEARS, NEVADA BAPTIST CHURCH HAS PLAYED AN

IMPORTANT AND VITAL ROLE IN THIS SMALL, SOUTHEASTERN

COLLIN COUNTY TOWN. WITH ITS EMPHASIS ON MISSION

WORK AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, THE CONGREGATION HAS

PRODUCED SEVERAL MISSIONARIES FROM AMONG ITS MEM-

BERSHIP. THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, IT HAS CONTINUED TO

UPHOLD THE IDEALS AND TRADITIONS OF ITS FOUNDERS.

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