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SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH - PLANO

Historical marker, 1988

SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH

THE CONGREGATION WAS ORGANIZED

IN 1884 AS THE MT. ZION COLORED

BAPTIST CHURCH. LED BY THE REV.

Z. T. STUART, THE CHARTER MEMBERS

WERE AMMON DRAKE, LULA DRAKE

MINNIE DRAKE STUART, AND KANZETTA

BOWEN. LOCATED AT THIS SITE SINCE

ITS ORGANIZATION, THE CONGREGATION

HAS WORSHIPED IN FOUR BUILDINGS.

THE FIRST SANCTUARY WAS A

SMALL STRUCTURE LIGHTED BY COAL

OIL LAMPS AND HEATED BY A WOOD-

BURNING STOVE. THE CURRENT CHURCH

BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1964.

THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, SHILOH

BAPTIST CHURCH HAS SERVED ITS

COMMUNITY WITH WORSHIP, EDUCA-

TION, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS.

Plano

Churches Index

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