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Roscoe Church of Christ—The Church of Christ in Roscoe began with a tent meeting near
the downtown area about Oct 1904.
During this meeting a drive was started to build a
meeting house but for lack of funds no work began at this time. Among those who had
a
part were J. S. Arledge of Maryneal, M. Zellner of Loraine and the L. T. Pate family. Other
evangelistic meetings were conducted by
Bro. McGovoc, W. A. Barnhill and G. A. Lambert.
The small group met from house to house and in the school in 1907. Others were W. D.
Haney, P. A. Smith, Paul and Hugh Harkins,
W. M. Eoff families, Dan Handy and Charles
Loyd, W. A Sloan and Charlie Wade families joined. In 1935 the church moved its building
at Fourth and Oak to the corner of Third and Bois d’ Arc. In 1948 this building was sold and
moved to make room for a new building.
In 1964 the dwelling used for classrooms was sold
and a new educational building constructed. This added eight classrooms, a preacher's
study and restrooms. The auditorium built in 1948 was razed in 1974 and a new
auditorium finished in July of 1975. The first preacher's
residence was where the
educational building now stands.
Preachers who have served: R. J. Smith, A. F. Thurman,
R. C. Ledbetter,
Horace Teddley, Sam Williams, Brooks Terry, David Desha,
Lee McClesky,
Bill Hines, J. B. Hudson, Wallace Mynatt, Frank Downes,
Thurman Self , John Morgan,
Terry Danley, Phil Collard,
James Griner, Denny Sneed and currently Dan Boren.
The
church grew from a few dedicated members who met in a tent to its present numbers. The
Lord has blessed the Church of Christ
in Roscoe and it stands ready to serve the community
and Nolan County. |