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Mt Olive Baptist Church
Mt Olive Baptist Church is located just 1 mile off Hwy 82 E in Reno. MtOlive offers opportunities to minister to the whole family. The MtOlive van runs each Sunday morning and Wednesday evening.
Brief History of Mt Olive Baptist Church
Under the leadership of the Spirit of God, 14 persons came together in a tabernacle at Union Grove Cemetery on Sunday, June 9, 1878 and organized a church that was first named the Missionary Baptist Church of Christ, with Elders J. B. Logan and Silas Crain constituting the presbytery.
J. B. Logan was called as first pastor, J. B. Evans was elected deacon and W. A. Sewell as Church Clerk. Others among those members included Brothers A. B. Evans, J. S. Evans, J. B. Swell, James A. Webb and Sisters Rutha Rodgers, Sarah Evans, S. Evans, Matilda P. Sewell, and Margaret Webb. A Church Covenant and Articles of Faith were read and adopted.
At the second meeting a month later, the first new members to join the
church by letter of transfer were Brothers Thomas J. Anderson, William H. Anderson and Jess Sewell and Sisters C. T. Anderson and Nancy Anderson. James A. Webb was elected first church treasurer.
A month later, on Saturday, August 10, 1878, the church elected these three men as their first messengers to the Red River County Baptist Association: James Webb, William H. Anderson and T. J. Anderson.
The first members to be received by baptism were Sisters Jane and Ellen Mercer on Sunday, October 13, 1879.
The church observed the Lord's Supper for the first time on Saturday, May 10, 1879, and Brother J. S. Evans was licensed to the gospel ministry on that date also.
Five Years after its beginning, the church appointed a special committee on Saturday, September 8, 1883, to secure the property its present location on Pine Mill Road at Mt. Olive Road, northeast of Reno. By October 1, 1885, the first frame church building (size 30 by 40 feet) was ready for use there, and in church conference, a motioned carried to change the congregation's mane to Mount Olive Baptist Church. The Dedication Sermon was preached by Bro.
Silas Crain on Sunday, October 11, 1885, and an offering was taken to relieve the new building's indebtedness which was $13.80. The church's firs Sunday School was organized that afternoon.
Alternative Address : Rt . 9, Box 412B , Paris , Tx 75462
Brief History of Mt Olive Baptist Church
Under the leadership of the Spirit of God, 14 persons came together in a tabernacle at Union Grove Cemetery on Sunday, June 9, 1878 and organized a church that was first named the Missionary Baptist Church of Christ, with Elders J. B. Logan and Silas Crain constituting the presbytery.
J. B. Logan was called as first pastor, J. B. Evans was elected deacon and W. A. Sewell as Church Clerk. Others among those members included Brothers A. B. Evans, J. S. Evans, J. B. Swell, James A. Webb and Sisters Rutha Rodgers, Sarah Evans, S. Evans, Matilda P. Sewell, and Margaret Webb. A Church Covenant and Articles of Faith were read and adopted.
At the second meeting a month later, the first new members to join the
church by letter of transfer were Brothers Thomas J. Anderson, William H. Anderson and Jess Sewell and Sisters C. T. Anderson and Nancy Anderson. James A. Webb was elected first church treasurer.
A month later, on Saturday, August 10, 1878, the church elected these three men as their first messengers to the Red River County Baptist Association: James Webb, William H. Anderson and T. J. Anderson.
The first members to be received by baptism were Sisters Jane and Ellen Mercer on Sunday, October 13, 1879.
The church observed the Lord's Supper for the first time on Saturday, May 10, 1879, and Brother J. S. Evans was licensed to the gospel ministry on that date also.
Five Years after its beginning, the church appointed a special committee on Saturday, September 8, 1883, to secure the property its present location on Pine Mill Road at Mt. Olive Road, northeast of Reno. By October 1, 1885, the first frame church building (size 30 by 40 feet) was ready for use there, and in church conference, a motioned carried to change the congregation's mane to Mount Olive Baptist Church. The Dedication Sermon was preached by Bro.
Silas Crain on Sunday, October 11, 1885, and an offering was taken to relieve the new building's indebtedness which was $13.80. The church's firs Sunday School was organized that afternoon.
Alternative Address : Rt . 9, Box 412B , Paris , Tx 75462