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Her first position was at Nineteenth Avenue Baptist Church in San Francisco, where she was associate pastor and then pastor (1985-1998). 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]
First Baptist Church (Amarillo, Texas), listed on the NRHP in Potter County, Texas; First Baptist Church (Dallas), a Southern Baptist megachurch located in Dallas County; First Baptist Church (Stamford, Texas), listed on the NRHP in Jones and Haskell Counties; First Baptist Church (Sutherland Springs, Texas), listed on the NRHP in Wilson County
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.
In 1999 Brunson was appointed senior pastor of the historic First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. [5] He was president of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastor's Conference in 2003. [ 6 ] He moved to Jacksonville, Florida in February 2006 to replace retiring pastor Jerry Vines as senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville. [ 7 ]
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 ...
The Administration Building, Decatur Baptist College, at 1602 S. Trinity St. in Decatur, Texas, and overlooking the town, was built in 1893. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1] The building was destroyed in a fire on March 18, 2023. [2]
Pilgrim Church is the oldest Baptist church in Texas, and survives today as a Primitive Baptist church near Elkhart, TX. [5] The first missionary Baptist church in Texas was organized at Washington-on-the-Brazos by Z. N. Morrell in 1837. The following year, Isaac Reed and R. G. Green formed the Union Baptist Church, about 5 miles north of ...