PLANO BAPTIST CHURCH
Historical marker, 1994
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PLANO
THIS CONGREGATION, ESTABLISHED AS THE
SPRING CREEK
BAPTIST CHURCH IN 1852, BUILT ITS FIRST
SANCTUARY ON
SPRING CREEK ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF
HERE ON LAND
OWNED BY JACOB ROUTH. FORMALLY ORGANIZED
IN 1853, THE
CONGREGATION JOINED SEVERAL AREA
CHURCHES IN 1854 TO
FORM THE ELM FORK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.
PLANO'S EMERGENCE AFTER THE RAILROAD
REACHED TOWN
IN 1872 PROMPTED SPRING CREEK TO CHANGE
ITS NAME TO
PLANO BAPTIST CHURCH AND BUILD A NEW
SANCTUARY HERE
IN 1875. PLANO BAPTIST BECAME A CHARTER
MEMBER OF THE
COLLIN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION IN 1886.
A NEW SANCTUARY WAS BUILT HERE IN 1898,
AND PRIOR TO
1900 PLANO BAPTIST ORGANIZED A YOUNG
PEOPLE'S UNION
AND AID SOCIETIES FOR OLDER WOMEN AND
YOUNG LADIES.
ABOUT 1936 THE CONGREGATION CHANGED ITS
NAME TO FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITS STATUS
AS THE FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH ESTABLISHED IN PLANO.
GROWTH IN CHURCH MEMBERSHIP MIRRORED
THAT OF PLANO
IN THE 1960s, AND IN 1970 A NEW
SANCTUARY WAS BUILT AT
THIS SITE. FIRST BAPTIST HELPED
ESTABLISH THE PRAIRIE
CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH AND A CHINESE
MISSION IN 1972,
HUNTER'S GLEN BAPTIST CHURCH IN 1976,
AND HILLSIDE BAPTIST
CHURCH IN 1982. THE CHURCH CONTINUES ITS
GLOBAL MISSION-
ARY EFFORTS AND ITS MANY LOCAL OUTREACH
PROGRAMS.
Plano
Churches Index
- Recommended citation:
- "Plano Baptist Church,
Collin County Churches," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy
Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
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