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SAINT MARK BAPTIST CHURCH

Historical marker, 1980

SAINT MARK BAPTIST CHURCH

THE CONGREGATION WAS ORGANIZED

IN 1879 BY TWO PREACHERS, THE

REV. DICK WHITE AND A REV. JONES,

WHO CONDUCTED PRAYER MEETINGS

IN AREA HOMES. THE FIRST CHURCH

SERVICES WERE HELD ON THE FARM

OF ISAAC GRAVES, NORTHEAST OF

McKINNEY. ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE

FREE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH,

THE NAME BECAME SAINT MARK IN

1886. THAT SAME YEAR THE CHURCH

PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY AND

BUILT A BRUSH ARBOR. A ONE-ROOM

FRAME BUILDING SERVED AS THE

FIRST SANCTUARY. THE PRESENT

BRICK EDIFICE WAS CONSTRUCTED

IN 1960 DURING THE 1942-1974

PASTORATE OF THE REV. B. T. JONES

Incised on back: CHURCH FAMILIES

A. BEAVERS

S. BELL JR.

R. G. COFIELD

O. H. ELLIS

E. JACKSON

J. JACKSON

R. JONES

E. KILLION

J. MACK

B. MARTIN

L. NEWSOME

A. L. PEARSON

E. T. ROBINSON

E. SMITH

L. WATTLEY

W. J. WATTLEY

REV. ERIE D. FIELDS, PASTOR

Churches Index

Last modified: June 30, 2009