Orange, TX, United States
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. The earliest known Black congregation in Orange, Mount Zion Missionary Baptist church was started in 1871 as a result of the organizational efforts begun by Simon Jones, Peter Minor, and William Ruben Minor. Joined later by William Edwards, Boyd Scott, Arthur Ro
binson, and John Williams, they raised funds for the construction of a church building. Completed in 1872, the first sanctuary was a small frame structure on the corner of third and Cherry Streets. It
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