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Have Been Doing Their Best to Mask Financial Troubles by Bill Cherry
8-3-08
Many find it troubling to drive by their city's old churches,
some ornate and opulent, others designed and built to be clean, pristine and sturdy,
and to realize that for years those buildings have been decaying. Each one began
as a congruent vision by a handful of people who somehow were able to take that
vision and persuade others to support it... Many have been on their corners for
more than 100 years... Memorial
Day Services at Old Saltillo Church
by Robert Cowser 2-10-08Sanctified
Sisters by Clay Coppedge 11-7-07
"... In their day, which ran roughly from the 1860s to just after the turn
of the century, the Sanctified Sisters existed as one of the most unusual and,
in their own way, influential religious groups in Bell County history..."
Pistol-packing
Preacher by Bob Bowman
On his first morning in Groveton Lee presided
at the funeral of a young church member who had been murdered. He soon named criminals
from his pulpit and where they gathered...Lord's
Acre by Mike Cox
"... In addition to whatever they might put
in the collection plate each week, many farmers used to give the proceeds from
one acre of their crop land to their church each year. Though not as common as
it used to be, the tradition has endured in some corners of Texas..." Rev.
John August Tubbe by W. T. Block Jr.
An Immigrant Farmer, Sawmiller,
and Preacher
In 1845 the gates opened widely for a flood of German immigration
to Texas...The
Parker Family by
Bob Bowman
"... In the 1820s, Daniel Parker, an anti-missionary
Baptist leader and member of the Parker clan that produced Cynthia Ann, stirred
up Baptists in Illinois with his separatist beliefs and eventually led his family
and neighbors to East Texas to write a new religious chapter in Texas history..."
Man
with a Method by Archie P. McDonald
"... Samuel Doak McMahon
held the first meeting of Methodists in Texas in his home, located ten or so miles
east of San Augustine, in 1832, but the arrival of Littleton Fowler in 1837 was
the first authorized Methodist activity there..."Rev.
Jonas Franklin Dancer by Mike Cox
The
namesake of Dancer Peak in Llano CountyThe
Lady in Blue by Bob Bowman
For longer
than anyone can remember, the story of “the lady in blue” has existed on the fringes
of East Texas history and religion.
A
Prudent Use of Guilt by Maggie Van OstrandRacing
Parson by Mike Cox
How a preacher held a horse race and build a
churchThe
Church Lights by Bob Bowman
When the church decided to phase out
the old kerosene lights for safety reasons, Clark went to Jefferson Lighting Company
of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and told them what he wanted..Creating
a Gospel Classic by Bob Bowman ("All Things Historical")
Crusty
Old Baptist by Murray Montgomery ("Times Past")
Dogs
in Church by Murray Montgomery ("Times Past")
Fray
Antonio Margil de Jesus: Missionary by Archie P. McDonald
McMahan's
Chapel by Archie P. McDonald ("All Things Historical")
Mission
Tejas by Bob Bowman ("All Things Historical")
Nuestra
Senora de los Dolores de los Ais Mission by Archie P. McDonald
Holy
Rolling by Rick Vanderpool
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