Gathered by the River: History of the First Baptist Chuch, St. Joseph, Missouri
Entry/Object ID
2007.33.5043
Scope and Content
Gathered by the River: History of the First Baptist Chuch, Saint Joseph, Missouri, together with historical matter relating to Missouri and the Baptists. History to 1957. The author was church pastor. E.J. Eckel was engaged to design their last church building.
Includes a poem by Louis V. Stigall, one-time mayor St. Joseph, "Church Builders".
Begins with a short history of early St. Joseph. The Baptist history begins with Dillon Creek Baptist Church, near the Buchanan CountyAndrew line in 1844. Later becoming the First Baptist Church and spawning the St. Francis Street Baptist (colored), Savannah Avenue Baptist, and Patee Park Baptist Church & Mount Zion Baptist Church (colored) by the early 1880's.
Includes excerpts from early church minutes including discipline for members sinning.
Worksheet RB04394
Collection
Eckel-Brunner
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Churches
Search Terms
Baptist, Black Churches, Dillon Creek Baptist Church, Eckel, Edmond J., First Baptist Church, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Patee Park Baptist Church, Savannah Avenue Baptist Church, St. Francis Baptist Church