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In 1909, Norris sold his interest in the Baptist Standard and accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in Fort Worth, where he served for forty-four years until his death. In 1912, Norris was acquitted of arson and perjury charges related to fires that respectively destroyed his church auditorium and severely damaged his home.
On September 15, 1999, a mass shooting occurred at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. 47-year-old Larry Gene Ashbrook entered during a See You at the Pole Rally featuring a concert by the Christian rock group Forty Days, where he killed seven people and wounded seven others before committing suicide. Most of the victims were teenagers.
In 1970, at twenty, he was ordained the pastor of his first church and married. He earned a B.S. from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. [2] By 1976, he and his wife Deb had a son; Graham was an associate pastor of Sagamore Hill Baptist Church in Fort Worth, which was head-pastored by G. Fred Swank. [3]
The Rev. J. W. Washington helped keep the church together through disasters such as the flooding of the Stockyards in 1942. After Washington’s death in 1958, Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church ...
Wedgwood Baptist Church will have a special service Sunday, the 25th anniversary of a Wednesday night church service shooting that killed seven, many of them teens.
Worshipers pray against the backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Salem Free Will Baptist Church on Sunday, October 6, 2024 in Old Fort, N.C. Congregants pray at the First Baptist Church in ...
1878: "Rock" church built on site at 612 Throckmorton. The lot was purchased for $1,500. 1897: Magnolia Avenue Christian, an offshoot of First Christian, was established. 1914: The current First Christian Church Sanctuary building was erected on the site of former location. 1912-61: During Dr. L. D. Anderson's 49-year ministry, membership ...
Brite Divinity School is a divinity school at Texas Christian University, a private university in Fort Worth, Texas.It is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), approved by the University Senate of the United Methodist Church, and receives support for its Baptist Studies program from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.