Marker Inscription
On September 9, 1871, the Rev. J.C. Powers led 48 charter members in organizing Ash Creek Missionary Baptist Church. Guarding against Indians, Rev. Powers preached with a gun beside his Bible and men kept rifles on their knees. A meeting house was erected at this site in 1891 under the Rev. T.H. Sturges. In summers, brush arbors were built and prayer meetings held on the grounds. The women sold all eggs laid on Sundays to buy Sunday school literature. In 1965 a new auditorium was built and the original structure used for a Fellowship Hall. (1979)
About this site
Ash Creek Baptist Church is a historical marker in Azle, Tarrant County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 358 historical markers documented in Tarrant County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 501 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.8881, -97.5462 near Azle. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ash Creek Cemetery (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Rice, William M., Steward, James Azle, and Azle Post Office, Near Site of.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5439000219. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
