Saint Paul Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

This African American congregation held informal worship services in homes and later in a nearby building before church trustees Josiah Hardin, William Holmes, Peter Rogers, Julius Sanders, and Silas Hardin acquired a town lot here for church building purposes in 1894. That year a wood frame sanctuary was built and the congregation formally organized as the Saint Paul Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. According to local tradition, the congregation chose to name their church for Saint Paul because of his historically significant missionary undertakings. Led by the Rev. E. A. Strong, a new wood frame church building was constructed here in 1945. Growth in the congregation's membership prompted the building of a new brick sanctuary at this site in 1969. A new parsonage was purchased in 1989, and in 1989-90 the congregation purchased two adjoining lots for future expansion purposes. The congregation sponsors several church programs including a Sunday School teaching program, Bible study, Christian youth fellowship and young adult fellowship. Its missionary society, which includes the Annie Rose Circle, Willie Green Circle, and Youth Circle, provides religious guidance for the community.

Saint Paul Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is a historical marker in Orange, Orange County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 66 historical markers documented in Orange County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 91 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.1019, -93.7337 near Orange. The nearest cataloged historic site is Black Education in Orange County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Black Education in Orange County, and Hollywood Community Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5361011512. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.