HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972 Thirty Years History: First Baptist Church Book (Pg. 11)It will be remembered that Rev. and Mrs. Brown were the first BSU
workers ever employed to start a BSU program on a college campus and
that Dr. Frank H. Lowell, the first southwide BSU secretary came to
A&M and Texas to study the program before he decided to accept the
southwide position.
The report of the work of Rev. Brown, for the year 1924-25, as sent to
the General secretary of the Baptist General Convention of Texas includes
many items not noted in the above tract. As stated before, Rev. and Mrs.
Brown were called on to assist in the denominational program throughout
the state; therefore, they helped in many institutes, conferences and
revivals during the year. Therefore a copy of the full report is given below:
Meetings attended 282
Addresses and sermons 206
Classes taught 143
Revivals held 6
Baptisms 59
Joined by letter 118
Sunday schools organized I
BYPU's organized 7
Deacons ordained 7
Preachers ordained I
Prayer meetings organized 2
Cards and letters sent 2,082
Sunday school awards 109
BYPUawards 155
BSUawards 69
Tracts distributed 1,450
Money raised and donated $7,439.07
Church lot secured 4,000.00
Parsonage built 6,000.00
Wes traveled 10,295
The revivals held by the Browns during the years include 15 held on
one church, Harvey, over a period of IS years, and 14 held in another
church, Cottunwood, over a period of 15 years.
Rev, and Mrs. Brown were called on to help other churches and
institutions. r
In addition to the work at A&M and the calls to help in other student
programs, the pastor was asked to direct the Conquest Campaign to mise
funds for the State Mission Program. Rev. Brown is happy to announce
that his association was one of the few in Texas that secured an offering
from every church in the association. The local program continued to
grow in numbers and attendance. The Baptists are using every available
space in the E. E. Building and three classrooms in the Academic Building.
Effort is being put forth to reach the students, denominational leaders
and parents of the students. The following statements were sent out
during the year
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Brief History of Baptist Work
Six years ago there was no Baptist Sunday School at A&M College. Today
we have 150 enrolled in a live and growing Sunday School.
Six years ago there was no BYPU organization on the campus; today we
have nine live unions with almost 200 attending.
Six years ago no Women's Missionary Society; today one of the best in
the association.
Six years ago we had no systematic Christian training; we gave more
than 300 awards last year.
Six years ago we had no church property; today we have a three-quarter
acre lot just off the campus with a modern home for the pastor already
constructed.
Three years ago we had no church organization; today we have an
organized church with 250 members.
Six years ago we had no church building; today we have no church
building.
A Statement from a Student
"We have the church organization, the pastor and the membership, but
what are we to do with them? We have no church building—no place to
call our own—in which to hold our services. If the State of Texas were to
refuse us one of her buildings, where would we meet? What would we do
with our large Sunday School? Where would we go for our BYPU
programs? What would become of our interesting and most uplifting
church services? Shall the efforts of the pastor and the Baptist students at
A&M be fruitless, to a great extent, for lack of support of our parents and
church members back at home? We need your financial support, your
good will, good word and earnest prayers."
President Walton Makes Statement
"The most important home mission field in the State of Texas today is at
the A&M College. Each year four to five hundred young men of the
Baptist faith come to the institution, and with the limited facilities at the
disposal of the college pastors, it is almost impossible for them to put on a
constructive program. The Baptist of Texas owe it to their sons to make
ample provision for adequate facilities for their training during the four
years their men are at A&M College.
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