One hundred years ago Monday, the 1st Baptist Church of La Grange held its first service in the new church at 20 N. Ashland Avenue.
ByOne hundred years ago on April 29, the First Baptist Church of La Grange held its first service in the new church at 20 N. Ashland Avenue.
McGee and her husband, Rev. Maurice McGee, have served as co-pastors of First Baptist since April 2022, when they became the 23rd pastors in the church’s history.“Look what God has done,” he told the gathered, noting that there was a time not long ago when it wasn’t certain that the church would even exist.
With the blessings and assistance of two Baptist ministers from Chicago, a meeting on April 29, 1884, produced a vote of 27 residents recognizing “that all members of Baptist churches having themselves to each other, do organize themselves as the First Baptist Church of La Grange.” Membership fell during the Depression from a high of 417 in 1931, but fell off to 314 by 1935. Sixty-two church members served in the armed forces during the Second World War, with Richard Crain, Elmer LaRue, and Arthur Rutter losing their lives in combat.
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