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RENNER BAPTIST CHURCH

Historical marker, 1976

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

OF RENNER

RENNER BAPTISTS ORGANIZED IN

1890 AND MET IN THE SCHOOL

BUILDING FOR EIGHT YEARS. CHARTER

MEMBERS WERE: P. F. AND KATE E.

BINKLEY; ELIZABETH J., J. J., MARY A.,

AND R. F. BUTLER; MARY E. AND P. W.

COLLIER; MARY L. DICKERSON; GEORGE

B., J. P. AND NANCY E. JENNINGS; MARY

A. McLARY; MARY E. MEASON; ROB C.

AND MARGARET A. REYNOLDS. IN 1897,

THE CONGREGATION BOUGHT THIS LOT

AND ERECTED A CHURCH. THE PRESENT

STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 1925.

THE ONLY SURVIVING CHURCH IN

RENNER, THIS PIONEER FELLOWSHIP

REMAINS A FOCAL POINT IN THE

COMMUNITY.

In 1980 the church name was changed to Preston Highlands Baptist Church and its new sanctuary was built in Dallas. The old church building was moved to the Farmers' Branch Historical Park. The Renner schoolhouse is in Old City Park in Dallas.

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Last modified: June 30, 2009