A group of people who lived
in the Corbin area (and had been attending the Walker Church) decided to
form a church of their own in 1963. Corbin was a railroad town that
had earlier been annexed by Walker.
Members met at Juanita Jackson’s
garage until a church could be built. Services were held “at the
crack of dawn”, since that was the only time Rev. Ted Howes from Denham
Springs could make it. Sunday school was held in the rooms of her
house following the service. Prayer meetings were held in the garage
on Wednesday evenings.
A call was sent out for a pastor
willing to organize the fledgling congregation. They asked that whoever
wished to serve the church had to have his own home as the church ... since
they still did not have a church or parsonage. Rev. Art Meinke, a
lay minister at Live Oak Methodist Church, accepted the role as leader
of the Corbin congregation.
Glenn and Walter Coburn donated
a piece of property for the new church, and the clearing of the land began
on June 23, 1963. Construction began on November 3, 1963 and was
completed in less than 2 months. The first service in the new church
was held on January 1, 1964. The Sam Davidson Construction Company,
which had built the church, donated a communion table and folding chairs
to the congregation. |
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