Historical Marker
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Historical marker location:
Gilmer, Texas
( SH 155, 9.5 miles SW of Gilmer)
Marker installed: 1970
Organized September 22, 1855, with 15 charter members, in New Hope community (4 mi. NW). Monthly meetings were held in a one-room log school. The building, with 2 acres of land, was given to the church in 1872.
A new sanctuary erected in 1883 was torn down and rebuilt at Crossroads community (2 mi. NW), 1914.
In 1950 the church purchased an acre of land at the present site. A new building was erected, again using lumber from the old structure. Many present members are descendants of people who composed original congregation.