FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)
EARLY PIONEERS WORSHIPPED WITH BAPTISTS, METHODISTS IN
ONE-ROOM UNION CHURCH. ON 6 JUNE 1906 CIRCUIT PREACHER
C.W. JACKSON AND 13 MEMBERS CHARTED CONGREGATION ON
COURTHOUSE LAWN UNDER COTTONWOOD TREES. DONATED LOT AT
THIRD AND LEE WAS FIRST HOME. TENT ERECTED ONLY DURING
REVIVALS BECAUSE OF WIND, SANDSTORMS. IN 1911 MEMBERS
DONATED LUMBER TO HAND BUILD SANCTUARY ON SAME SITE.
CRUDE STRUCTURE IMPROVED PEICE-MEAL WITH FUNDS RAISED
BY THE LADIES AID ACTIVITIES: BAKE SALES, CHUCK WAGON
FEEDS. BAPTISMS WERE HELD IN RANCH, COURTHOUSE STOCK
TANKS. FIRST RESIDENT PASTOR WAS BAXTER GOLIGHTLY. NEW
SITE WITH BRICK SANCTURARY DEDICATED 1941; EDUCATIONAL
WING ADDED 1949; CURRENT SANCTUARY BUILT 1966.
NO. 10-------------------------------1989
HERITAGE OF ODESSA
FOUNDATION
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