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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CARNEGIE, OKLAHOMA This is a brief summary of our church history for the past ninety-seven years. One year before Oklahoma became a state, on March 11, 1906, our church had its small beginning in the old South Methodist Church building with Rev. C. W. Morrison in charge. The membership consisted of seven women. These soldiers of the cross have passed on to glory, but this history would not be complete without their names being listed: Mrs. N. R. Brasted, Mrs. Earl Cole, Mrs. L. A. Boory, Mrs. Dora Fields, Mrs. Beebe, Mrs. R. T. Brown and Mrs. Morris. When time has ceased on earth and all God's children are gathered home, there will be a multitude of souls gathered around these seven women and the old preacher with thankful hearts for their vision and faith to organize the First Baptist Church of Carnegie, Oklahoma. The following are pastors who have served at our church: C. W. Morrison, W. T. Gray, N. E. Mitchell, J. M. Wileman, N. C. Danner, T. P. Womack, S. L. Buckley, W. S. Miller, R. J. Morgan, George Hutto, R. K. McGregor, John M. Burrows, Garland Howard, J. T. Howard, Clyde N. Price, Frank Elkins, W. F. Crow, J. B. Shinn, N. N. Antonson, James C. Weston, Bill Dickover, Lester McNair, Gerald A. Peters, Joe Knowles, and currently Arthur Blount. Our present staff consists of: Dr. Arthur Blount, Pastor (14 years Min. of Music/Youth, 11 years pastor), Rev. Tom Davis, Associate Pastor/children's Min., Mark Groutas, Minister of Youth, Gloria Sage Dyer, Secretary (21 years) and Joe Bointy, Custodian. Terri JOhnson and Becky Maddox have served faithfully as our Pianist and Organist for over 20 years. Since the early 1950's, our church has had a part-time or full-time Minister of Education, Youth and/or Music. Those ministers include Claude Gossett, Gene Wright, John McGuckin, Woody Southerland, Dave Wilch, Truman Gregston, Tony Ward, Bruce Cobler, Arthur Blount, Chris Fields, and Mark Groutas. Much of the growth of First Baptist Church is a result of our youth programs. The First Baptist Church, Carnegie, is active in the Caddo Baptist Association, the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma and the Southern Baptist convention, supporting home and foreign missions through the Cooperative Program. First Baptist Church has had Sunday School, BYPU, Training Union, Discipleship Training, WMU Brotherhood, YWA, GA's, RA's, Mission Friends, Life Classes and other educational programs. The physical plant of First Baptist Church, Carnegie, consists of the Sanctuary/Worship Center built in 1940, dedicated, debt-free in 1941, and renovated in 1992; the Educational Wing at the back of the Worship Center built in 1950; the Educational Building on the East of the Worship Center and the parsonage built 1966/67; the Curd Building bought in 1971 and updated for educational space in 1975; a Falls Creek cabin built in 1972; a bus garage bought in 1999; the Family Life Center built in 2000 and the property across the street West of the Worship Center bought in 2001 in anticipation of building a Youth/Multipurpose Building. This information was compiled by Mrs. Liz Dillard Top Back |