Historical Marker

Union Missionary Baptist Church

Historical marker location:

1206 Blackburn, Fannin, Texas

( 1206 Blackburn, Fannin)

UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

IN THE 1880s, BAPTISTS IN COLOGNE, A FREEDMAN’S COLONY, ESTABLISHED WHAT WOULD BECOME THE UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE CHURCH’S EARLY TRUSTEES BUILT THE FIRST CHURCH ALONG PERDIDO CREEK IN 1884 AND CALLED IT ST. JOHN. BETWEEN 1886 AND THE 1930s, THE CHURCH WAS LOCATED IN COLOGNE AS MT. CARMEL. ALTHOUGH THE CONGREGATION SPLIT DURING THAT PERIOD, THEY REUNITED IN FANNIN UNDER THE NAME UNION MISSIONARY AFTER A STORM DAMAGED THE MT. CARMEL CHURCH IN THE 1930s. IN 1950 THEY BEGAN RESTORING THE FANNIN CHURCH AND MEMBERS HAVE WORSHIPED IN THIS BUILDING EVER SINCE. THE CONGREGATION’S STRONG FAITH AND TENACITY HELPED THEM TO SERVE THE AREA FOR WELL OVER A CENTURY.

(2012).