NEVADA BAPTIST CHURCH
Historical marker, 1985
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.
Churches Index
- Recommended citation:
- "Nevada Baptist Church,
Collin County Churches," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy
Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13 13:37:28 US/Central 2004 ].
| 