Lindale, TX, United States
Damascus Baptist Church. This congregation was organized by 12 charter members in 1890. The Rev. David Skiles was chosen as the first pastor and M. W. Wadsworth as first elder. Services were held in the nearby Nebo community schoolhouse until about 1895 when the addition of 40 new members during a r
evival meeting prompted the congregation to begin plans to build a larger, more permanent church building. Amy Wells donated three acres here for church and cemetery purposes in 1895. Water for the co
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