| Marker Number |
11014 |
| Atlas Number |
5401011014 |
| Marker Title |
Mission Springs Baptist Church |
| Index Entry |
Mission Springs Baptist Church |
| Address |
|
| City |
Henderson |
| County |
Rusk |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
333964 |
| UTM Northing |
3555606 |
| Subject Codes |
Baptist denomination; churches |
| Marker Year |
1994 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
3 mi. east of Henderson on FM 840 |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Several members of Ebenezer Baptist Church, organized nearby in 1884, established Missionary Springs Baptist Church n 1894. The church is named for springs at the site of initial brush arbor services. The Rev. William Hendrix was called as first pastor in 1902, the year the church joined the Southern Baptist Association. A frame sanctuary was erected at this site about 1905. Renamed Mission Springs Baptist Church about 1918, the congregation has acquired new facilities over the years and continues its support of a Sunday School, youth groups, and home and foreign missions. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845 - 1995 |
