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She was then pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Waco, Texas (1998-2007), before being called as lead pastor of the First Baptist Church of Decatur, Georgia (2007-2015). [2] Julie Pennington-Russell began her current pastorate at the First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., in January, 2016.
Absalom Bishop, an early settler and member of the Texas Legislature, opposed naming the town after a Whig Party member, and in 1858, arranged to have the name changed to Decatur, in honor of naval hero Stephen Decatur. In 1857, a post office was opened, and the first school was established in 1857. In the early 1860s, a courthouse was erected. [7]
First Baptist Church (Stamford, Texas) First Baptist Church Dallas; First Church of Christ, Scientist (Paris, Texas) First Presbyterian Church (Van Horn, Texas) G.
Location of Wise County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wise County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wise County, Texas. There are six properties listed on the National Register in the county.
Decatur, Texas 76234 United States: Circulation: 4,130 (as of 2023) [1] Website: ... The newspaper was registered as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1981. [6] References
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) is a Baptist Christian denomination in United States, established after the conservative resurgence within the Southern Baptist Convention. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance, and headquartered in Decatur, Georgia. According to a census published in 2023, the CBF claimed 1,800 churches and ...
It was a historic building of the Decatur Baptist College, which was founded in 1891 and which held classes during 1892–93 in an opera house space above a grocery store in Decatur. After the building was completed in 1893, it had 149 enrolled students and eight faculty in the 1893–94 school year.
Wise County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 68,632. [1] Its county seat is Decatur. [2] Wise County is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area.