Nevada Baptist Church
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NEVADA BAPTIST CHURCH
BAPTIST WORSHIP SERVICES WERE HELD IN THE NEVADA AREA BEFORE THE 1880S. IN 1882, THE MT. PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH DIVIDED ITS MEMBERSHIP TO FORM A NEW CON- GREGATION KNOWN AS PLEASANT HILL. IN 1890, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE REV. M. M. WOLFE, THIRTY-FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PLEASANT HILL CHURCH ORGANIZED THE NEVADA BAPTIST CHURCH. WOLFE SERVED AS THE CONGREGATION'S FIRST PASTOR. MEMBERSHIP DURING THE CHURCH'S FIRST YEAR TOTALED EIGHTY PERSONS. THE FIRST CHURCH BUILDING WAS COM- PLETED IN 1891 AND SERVED UNTIL A BRICK STRUCTURE WAS ERECTED IN 1919-20. ALTHOUGH THE SANCTUARY WAS DAMAGED IN NEVADA'S DESTRUCTIVE 1927 TORNADO, IT PRO- VIDED SHELTER FOR AN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL AND MORGUE DURING THE CRISIS. OVER THE YEARS, NEVADA BAPTIST CHURCH HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT AND VITAL ROLE IN THIS SMALL, SOUTHEASTERN COLLIN COUNTY TOWN. WITH ITS EMPHASIS ON MISSION WORK AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, THE CONGREGATION HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL MISSIONARIES FROM AMONG ITS MEM- BERSHIP. THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, IT HAS CONTINUED TO UPHOLD THE IDEALS AND TRADITIONS OF ITS FOUNDERS Texas Historical marker, 1985. |
All of the 40+ windows in this church building are stained glass, including the ones in the basement. In the early days of electricity, this insured that the building's interior was always well lit.
Based on the architecture of this building, the architects were probably C. W. Bulger and Sons of Dallas. He was noted for building over 100 Baptist churches in Texas from about 1900-1922. He was also the architect for Westminster College in Collin County. |
