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Historical Marker:
First Christian
Church of Johnson City
This congregation
was organized in 1903 by the Rev. Tom Smith, an evangelist with the
Texas Christian Missionary Society, and twenty-six charter members.
Land for a church building was given by Judge N. T. Stubbs and a sanctuary
was completed in 1905-06. In its early years the congregation was
served by traveling ministers. Among the members was Lyndon B. Johnson,
who joined the congregation in 1923 at age fourteen following his
baptism in the Pedernales
River. The church continues to be an important part of the life
of Johnson
City.
(1989) |
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Historical Marker:
First Baptist
Church of Johnson City
In 1879, on July
19-20 or August 16-17, seven members formed the Missionary Baptist
Church of Christ, present First Baptist Church. The Rev. James E.
Bell (b. 1843) held services in the schoolhouse. Lumber for the original
church building, erected here in 1900, was hauled in wagons from Austin.
A 5,500-square feet building dedicated in 1951 and destroyed by fire
in 1966 was replaced by the present structure in 1968. Some members
of President Lyndon B. Johnson's family attended this church. In 1978
mission work of the church expanded to include sponsorship of Pedernales
Valley Mission.
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