Fbckingston.com
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Welcome to First Baptist Church of Kingston
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Excerpted from the website description:
- Home page of First Baptist Church of Kingston, Following Jesus Christ
A Difficult Beginning
The year was 1952. A wave of anti-communism, known as "McCarthyism," was sweeping the country. Harry Truman turned the Presidency over to Dwight Eisenhower. Queen Elizabeth was crowned following the death of King George IV. Our country was in the midst of the Korean War. And in northwest Missouri, a tiny band of believers wanted to start a new church.
E.V. Thurman was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hamilton, located eight miles north of Kingston. While driving to Hamilton to lead his first service, he observed that Kingston, the Caldwell County seat, had no Baptist church. Later, when he surveyed Kingston’s church population, he found a Nazarene church, a Federated church and a very small Christian Church.
E.V. Thurman was determined to start a mission church in Kingston, but met firm resistance from the existing churches by refusal of the use of public buildings for meetings, refusal to let the Hamilton church rent houses for meetings and other blocking tactics. Finally, through the persistent prayers and efforts of Edgar Burnett and his wife MaryAnn, E.V. Thurman and his small band of faithful Baptists bought two city lots, funded by the Missouri Baptist Mission Board, in Kingston across the street from the courthouse. A missions committee was formed with Claude Williams, Joe Frazier and Edgar Burnett as members.
Starting in a Tent
The first service on the site was a tent revival sponsored by the First Baptist Church of Hamilton and was led by Dr. M. M. Barnett, the State Secretary of Evangelism in Missouri. Twenty five people committed themselves to unite in building a Southern Baptist missionary church. The missions committee purchased an old school building to serve as first structure but abandoned that idea while the members were digging the foundation.
A New Baptist Church
In a business meeting on October 26, 1952, the entire sum of $900 due to the Missouri Lumber Company in Hamilton was collected from the membership and paid in full. The church was built and dedicated on December 2, 1952. The charter members are: Rev. B. A. Sizemore James Hill Helen Hill Robert Hill Marie Hill Cindy Hill Charles Kennedy Helen Kennedy Shirley Kennedy Ronald Kennedy Lorene Carroll Eugene Leabo Goldie Leabo Linden Gay Bonnie Gay Jesse Edwards Christine Edwards Yvonne Edwards Larry Edwards Arby Ewards Ethel Hill Cullen Burnett Leona Burnett Russell Hill Edna Hill Forrest Hill Ruth Hill William Crist Phyllis Crist Audrey Miller
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