Souvenir Postcard (1960)

ID: 631 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
This file appears in: First Baptist Church
Souvenir Postcard (1960)

The warm colors of this postcard accentuate First Baptist Church's stately windows and classical façade. On an otherwise unchanged exterior, the neon sign serves as a small reminder of the advance of time.

This file appears in: First Baptist Church

By George Graves & Amanda Sawyer
On May 31, 1851, four charter members established the First Baptist Church of Waco. These members reached out to prominent missionary and Texan Rev. Noah T. Byers, offering him a salary of seventy-five dollars per year to pastor the church. The…