Shooks Chapel Methodist Church

This church traces its history to 1886, when area settlers organized a congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The church was named for the Rev. W. A. Shook, who held the first revival here. The congregation met in a brush arbor or a nearby schoolhouse until a sanctuary was built on land donated by B. P. Joiner. Early worship services were led by student pastors who were often paid in produce. Associated with the church is a community cemetery, begun in 1889. A second sanctuary, built in 1916, was replaced by a new structure in 1974.

Shooks Chapel Methodist Church is a historical marker in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, dedicated in 1988. It is one of 34 historical markers documented in Hopkins County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 44 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.0759, -95.5992 near Sulphur Springs. The nearest cataloged historic site is Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church (historical marker), about 4.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include First Presbyterian Church of Sulphur Springs, General W. H. King, and Union Stockade.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5223007325. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.