​Rocky Creek Baptist Church

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Marker No: 12400

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 31.767134,-99.085815

Location: 8 miles north of Brownwood on FM 279 to intersection with CR 557 (4301 CR 557)

Marker Text: ​ Eighteen people gathered under a brush arbor near Rocky Creek in Brown County on August 18, 1877, to organize a Baptist congregation. They called the Rev. R. L. Baker as their first pastor, and by November began construction of a one-room church building. It was replaced by a larger structure in 1889, and in 1919 that building was destroyed in a storm. The congregation ceased meeting for two years, but in 1921 came together to once again build a new house of worship. The church grew in the ensuing decades, offering a variety of worship, educational and outreach programs. New structures were completed at this site in 1952 and 1983. The congregation continues to serve the community. (2001)