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Faith Baptist Church began as a mission out of the Twin Cities Baptist church in Temple Texas where Doyle Lawson was the pastor. There were several families in the Freeport, after visiting several churches in the area, decided it might be in their best interest to start an Independent Baptist Church in Freeport. That congregation of people began meeting in January of 1977. 

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Doyle Lawson's sister was a part of that group and it was determined that we needed to seek his counsel as to how to go about the process of starting a church in Freeport. Bro. Lawson made several trips to Freeport to preach for us and for counsel. It was the church that he pastored that provided the authority for beginning a mission work and ultimately a church in Freeport. it was through Bro. Lawson that the mission was put into contact with Bro. Eugene Blankenship as a potential candidate to pastor the mission work. Bro. Blankenship was called as the pastor of the new mission work on February 9, 1977 and arrived in Freeport on March 6, 1977. The first 10 months was a whirlwind of activity and change for the congregation.

 

During those first early months, the mission met in people's homes, what was then the music room at the Jane Long Elementary School, and on the second floor of what was then the First Freeport National Bank. After meeting in these places for several months the Lord gave us an opportunity to rent what had been Goutroux Laundry on West Park just off 2nd Street. Before the year was up our present location at the corner of 4th street and Velasco had been donated for the church's use. It was a corner lot with a very small in much need of replacing house that had been converted and used for years as a church meeting place by various groups, the first of which had been a Baptist congregation that eventually disbanded. Now after all those years a Baptist congregation was once again meeting on that corner and has for the last 40 years! It was also during this year that the church purchased a home to serve as the parsonage for men serving as pastor of the church.

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It was meeting in that little run-down house converted to a meeting place that the Faith Baptist Church was organized into an Independent Baptist Church on October 20th, 1977!

 

Bro. Blankenship resigned as pastor in January of 1978 and the new church 

church was once again seeking a pastor to lead the congregation.

 

Several years later under the leadership of Bro. Thomas Beard the church commenced a building program to replace the little converted house they were meeting in. After raising the money through the selling of bonds the men of the church pitched in and on Monday and Tuesday evenings and all day on Saturday eventually the present building was suitable to move in. The church moved into the new facilities in April of 1981.

 

Faith Baptist Church's 40 years of ministry in the Brazosport area has touched the lives of hundreds of people. The church has benefited from those who have played a role in advancing God's kingdom through the church here. While there have been many who have come and gone, they each were here at a critical juncture and did their part to sustain the work in Freeport. Many of whom have had the opportunity to minister and to help along in their spiritual development have moved on and we are thankful for the part we were allowed to have in their lives.

 

Only eternity will tell the extent of the impact made by Faith Baptist Church of Freeport.