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MELISSA BAPTIST CHURCH

Historical marker, 1984

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

OF MELISSA

ORGANIZED AS THE MELISSA BAPTIST

CHURCH OF CHRIST ON OCT. 18, 1884,

THIS CONGREGATION BEGAN WITH 22

CHARTER MEMBERS. LEVI DUNN SERVED

AS FIRST PASTOR. THE FELLOWSHIP

MET ONCE A MONTH UNTIL 1898,

WHEN SERVICES BEGAN TO BE HELD

TWICE MONTHLY. WEEKLY WORSHIP

SERVICES BEGAN IN 1948. A 1921 TOR-

NADO DESTROYED THE ORIGINAL CHURCH

BUILDING, BUT BY 1924 THE CONGRE-

GATION HAD ERECTED A NEW SANC-

TUARY. KNOWN SINCE 1952 AS THE

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MELISSA,

THE CONGREGATION HAS PROVIDED

SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP TO THE

COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY.

Melissa

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