In 1903, the elderly Methodist
minister from Ida started holding services in Hosston. The first
pastor was assigned to the church in 1912. That was Rev. T.J. McCoy,
a Centenary student. On June 23, 1912, he led twelve charter members
in organizing the church.
For the first four years, they
met with the Baptists at their church. They finally built their own
church, with the carpentry provided by A.B. McKinney and M.G. McKinney.
The first service was held on September 17, 1916 by Rev. J.C. Price.
In the winter of 1939-40, the
two doors at the front entrance were changed to a single front entrance.
The two porches were converted into classrooms.
When the church was deemed to
need too many repairs in 1950, the congregation started planning for a
new church. Rev. Fred St. Amant was pastor at that time. The
original church was torn down in 1954. In the demolition, A.B. McKinney’s
hatchet was found on in the ceiling; it was placed in the cornerstone of
the new church that was constructed. The new $60,000 church was completed
by October 1954. The formal opening was led by Dr. B.C. Taylor on
November 28, 1954 when the cornerstone was laid. A bell was added
to the church in January 1955. Led by Mrs. Irene Horde Cade, the
large brass bell came from one of the locomotives of the Texas and Pacific
Railroad. The church was dedicated on October 28, 1956.
In 1961, a parsonage was built
on land that had been donated in memory of Mrs. Sarah Freeman Cavett.
The mission banner for the church
is “an outpost of God’s love.” |
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