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• Abiding Savior Lutheran Church - Cameron
• Abundant Life Church - Rockdale
• All Saint's Episcopal Church - Cameron
• Allen Chapel AME Church - Rockdale
  Location: E. 3rd St.
  Date of origin: 1875
  First pastor: J. H. Connor
  Present pastor: J. A. Peterson
  First location: Henry McFadden's home near the E. 3rd St. site
  Other locations: Moved into a building on the present site which was remodeled and used until the new edifice was built, laid corner stone for E. 3rd St. new building on Sunday, August 13, 1972.
• Apostolic Faith Church - Rockdale
  Location 1974: 400 W. Davilla St.
  Date of origin: 1938
  First pastor: Rev. Bill Prewitt
  Pastor 1974: Van E. Blythe First location: The first church building burned and in 1951 a new building was erected in the same place.
• Asamblea Apostolica De La Fe En Cristo Jesus Cultos - Rockdale
• Battetown Baptist Church - Cameron
  Location: E. 22nd St.
  Pastor 2004: Wayne Shuffield
• Bethel AME Church - Cameron
• Buckholts Brethren Church - Buckholts
• Cameron Grove Baptist Church - Cameron
  Location: 1204 N. Austin
  Pastor 2004: R. E. Ross
• Champions Covenant Church Shalom - Port Sullivan
• Chriesman United Methodist Church - Chriesman
• Christian Church - Thorndale
  Pastor 2004: John McMillan
• Christian Community Church - Buckholts
• Church of Christ - Cameron
  Location: 100 E. 3rd St.
• Church of Christ - Cameron
  Location: 8th & Crockett
• Church of Christ - Hoyte Community
• Church of Christ - Rockdale
  Location: 1301 Murray St.
  Date of origin: 1922
  First pastor: Howard Mitchell
  Pastor 1974: George Hall
  First location: In a school building located where Richards Hospital and Clinic are now located on Main St.
  Other locations: City Hall, Grace Lutheran Church Building, Sandy Creek Church, old Presbyterian Church on San Gabriel St., back to Lutheran Church for several years, and in 1954 to the new building on Murray St.
• Church of Christ - Rockdale
  Location: 345 W. Bell Ave.
  Date of origin: June 19, 1963
  Other Names: Downtown Church of Christ
  First pastor: Charles A. Gibson
  Pastor 1974: Ray Mayse
  First location: Present Boys Club building (old educational building of old St. John's Methodist Church on Hwy. 79 E)
  Other locations: Used the Grace Lutheran Church building, then moved to Bell St.
• Church of Christ at Sand Grove - Sand Grove Community
• Church of Christ at Sandy Creek - Sandy Creek Community
• Church of The Crossroads - Sharp
• Church of the Nazarene - Rockdale
  Location: Coulter St.
  Date of origin: Spring 1955
  First pastor: C. A. Raines
  Pastor 1974: Frank Taylor
  First location: Same
• Davilla Assembly of God - Davilla
  Pastor 2004: Charles Stephens
• Davilla Baptist Church - Davilla
  Location: E. FM 487
  Pastor 2004: Steve Stephens
• Deliverance Tabernacle Church - Rockdale
  Location: Crockett St. & Belton St.
  Date of origin: July 1969
  First pastor: Clarence Alonzo, Jr.
  Pastor 1974: Clarence Alonzo, Jr.
  First location: G. T. Alexander store on 2nd St.
  Other locations: In 1974, moved to Crockett St. & Belton St. location
• Downtown Church of Christ - Rockdale
  See: Church of Christ - Rockdale
  Location: 345 W. Bell Ave.
• Dyess Grove Baptist Church - Cameron
  Location: 10771 Stringtown Rd.
• Evangelical Brethren Church - Buckholts
• Faith Baptist Church - Cameron
• Faith Tabernacle Church - Cameron
• First Assembly of God Church - Cameron
  Location: 1511 N. Houston
  Pastor 2004: Jeffrey Bell
• First Assembly of God Church - Rockdale
  Location 1974: Childress St.
  Date of origin: 1948
  First pastor: C. C. Gee
  Pastor 1974: Larry Thomas
  First location: 208 Houston St.
  Other locations: In 1959, moved from first location to Childress St.
• First Baptist Church - Buckholts
  Location: 318 W. Main
  Pastor 2004: Charles Conklin
• First Baptist Church - Cameron
  Location: 400 W. Main
  Pastor 2004: Gary Maroney
• First Baptist Church - Milano
  Location: off Hwy 79
  Pastor 2004: Charles Cole
• First Baptist Church - Minerva
  a/k/a Minerva Baptist Church
  Location: across the road from the Minerva Schoolhouse
  Pastors: Rev. Ray Riley, Rev. Bruce McIver, Rev. Shirl D. Davidson,
  Rev. John Henry Cash, Rev. J. B. Perkins and Rev. Robert (Bob) Deaton
  Date of Origin: 7 Dec 1945 Date Disbanded: 1 Dec 1955
• First Baptist Church - Rockdale
  Location 1974: Green St.
  Date of origin: 1876
  First pastor: Rev. R. B. Baxter
  Pastor 1974: Rev. D. D. Simpson
  First location: The community-built house of worship, Union Church Building.
  Other locations: In 1881, the First Baptist Church building was erected on Green St. Dr. J. H. Stribling serving as pastor for 11 years.
• First Baptist Church - Thorndale
  Location: 300 N. Main
  Pastor 2004: Larry Griffith
• First Christian Church - Cameron
  Location: 411 W. Main
  Pastor 2004: Bill Angel
• First Christian Church - Rockdale
  Location 1974: West Bell St.
  Date of origin: March 30, 1887
  First pastor: A. J. Bush, Sr.
  Pastor 1974: Timothy Griffm
  First location: In the old Presbyterian Church on San Gabriel St.
  Other locations: Moved to its first building on northwest corner of Bell and Scarbrough Streets in 1891, moved into its second building on the same site in 1925, moved into the third building on W. Bell St. in 1958.
• First Presbyterian Church - Cameron
• First Presbyterian Church - Rockdale
  Location: Alcoa
  Date of origin: 1874
  First pastor: W. E. Copeland
  Pastor 1974: Ernest L. Helsley
  First location: Services were held in various places until first building was constructed on the site of Iglesia Bautista Antioquia in 1876.
  Other locations: In 1914 the present building was constructed on the same site as the original church. In June 1954, moved into the new building on Alcoa and the building of 1914 has become a Latin-American church.
• First Spiritualist Church - Cameron
• First United Methodist Church - Cameron
• First United Pentecostal Church - Rockdale
• Forest Grove Christian Church - Forest Grove
  History ca. 1953
  History ca. undated
• Friendship Baptist Church - Chriesman
• Friendship Baptist Church - Milano
  Location: 9000 State Hwy 36
  Pastor 2004: Reggie Nelson
• Friendship Methodist Church - Buckholts
  History ca. 1940s - reprinted 1991
  History ca. 1968
• Full Gospel Chapel - Rockdale
  Location: 811 N. Burleson
  Date of origin: July 1956
  First pastor: Rev. Millard Brown
  Pastor 1974: Rev. Millard Brown
  First location: Same
• Grace Lutheran Church - Rockdale
  Location: N. Wilcox St.
  Date of origin: October 1954
  First pastor: Paul Stengel
  Pastor 1974: Wayne Pafk
  First location: Same location which was originally the site of the Murray St. Church of Christ.
• Gause Apostolic Church - Gause
• Gause Baptist Church - Gause
  Pastor: Jimmy Sanders
• Gause Baptist Church - Gause
• Gause United Methodist Church - Gause
• Goodwill Baptist Church - Milano
• Gospel Baptist Church - Rockdale
  Location: East Cameron St.
  Date of origin: 1958
  First pastor: Rev. Buck Hillin
  Present pastor: The church has been disbanded. Rev. Hillin was the only pastor to serve the church.
  First location: The Eiland building on Hwy. 79 W.
  Other locations. Moved from Eiland building to the location on East Cameron St. where the church disbanded in 1967.
• Grace Baptist Church - Cameron
  Location: 808 W. 16th St.
  Pastor 2004: Glynn Cummings
• Griffin Chapel A.M.E. Church - Milano
• Hat Prairie Church
  See: Forest Grove Christian Church
  
• Herron's Chapel
  See: Springfield Missionary Baptist Church
  See: New Hope Baptist Church
  First Pastor: Rev. Jesse Herron
• Hillcrest Baptist Church - near Rockdale Location: Praesel Addition
  Date of origin: 1958
  First pastor: I. D. McBride
  Pastor 1974: Thomas Dusek
  First location: Arlie McKinnon home in Praesel Addition
  Other locations: Moved to what in 1974 was the Acme Sheet Metal Co. on S. Wilcox until new building in the Praesel Addition was erected
• Holy Temple of Jesus Christ Church Penecostal - Rockdale
  Location: 111 Plum St.
  Date of origin: December 1972
  First pastor: Mrs. G. T. Alexander
  Pastor 1974: Evangelist Mrs. G. T. Alexander
  First location: Same
• Hope Lutheran Church - Buckholts
• Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church - Gause
  Pastor 2004: I. T. Massengill
• Iglesia Bautista Antioquia Church - Rockdale
  Location 1974: San Gabriel St. Date of origin: Work was begun among the people in 1905, became a mission from the First Baptist Church in 1955, became a church on December 18, 1966.
  First pastor: R. R. Martinez
  Pastor 1974: Alex Leal
  First location: 339 Rice St.
  Other locations: On February 18, 1968, moved to San Gabriel St. building.
• Iglesia Bautista Calverio - Buckholts
  Location: 205 W. Main
  
• Iglesia Bautista Calzano - Buckholts
• Iglesia Bautista Tierra Santa - Cameron
  Location: Cameron Chamber of Commerce
  Pastor 2004: Basilio M. Montez, Jr.
• Iglesia De Dios Evangelicas - Cameron
• Iglesia De Vida Nueva En Cristo - Rockdale
• Iglesia Ecos De Fe - Cameron
• Jehovah's Witness - Cameron
• Jerusalem Baptist Church - Cameron
  Location: 800 N. Orchard
  Pastor 2004: Rufus Glynn
• Landmark Missionary Baptist Church - Rockdale
• Liberty Community Church - Liberty
• Liberty Hill Springfield Baptist Church
• Liberty United Methodist Church - Liberty
• Lights Chapel Baptist Church - Cameron
  Location: 601 W. Battle
  Pastor 2004: O. J. Naylor
• Little River Baptist Church - Jones Prairie
  Pastor 2004: Kyle Steinhauser
• Little River Missionary Baptist Church - Branchville
• Maranatha Baptist Church - Milano
• Marlow Baptist Church - Marlow Community
  Pastor 2004: Wayne Kirk
• Maysfield Presbyterian Church - Maysfield
• Maysfield United Methodist Church - Maysfield
• Meadowbrook Baptist Church - Rockdale
  Location 1974: Colorado St.
  Date of origin: June 17, 1954
  First pastor: Rev. A. L. Gatewood
  Pastor 1974: Rev. N. A. Mills
  First location: Elementary School Cafeteria
  Other locations: Junior High School Gymnasium, a residence on Bell St. next to the present Ernest Rinn home (the residence was owned in 1974 by Curtis Foster). In 1955, the congregation moved into the new building on Colorado St.
• Milam County Church of Christ - Minerva
• Milano Church of Christ - Milano
• Milano United Methodist Church - Milano
• Minerva Baptist Church see: First Baptist Church - Minerva
  
• Mount Pleasant Baptist Church - Thorndale
• Mount Zion Baptist Church - near Rockdale
  Location: Old Cameron Highway FM 1712 (1-mile south of Minerva)
  Date of origin: 1872, under the name Pleasant Grove Baptist
  First pastor: N. J. Dyer Present pastor: Dean Evans
  Pastor 2004: Bobby Jones First location: at Murray Cemetery on Tracy Highway
  Other locations: In 1895, moved to location on Old Cameron Highway FM 1712 and the name was changed to Mount Zion Baptist Church.
• Mount Zion Baptist Church - Thorndale
  Location: 104 E. Church St.
  Pastor 2004: Larry Caldwell
• Murray Street Church of Christ - Rockdale
• New Hope Baptist Church - Rockdale
  Location 1974: E. 3rd St.
  Date of origin: 1891
  First pastor: Jessie Herron
  Pastor 1974: I. M. Murray
  First location: A tent on Rice St. in the 700 block where the J. L. Banks home stood
  Other locations: Was moved to the Henry Smith property at 317 Fifth St., then to the location on E. 3rd St.
  See: Springfield Missionary Baptist Church
  See: Herron's Chapel
• New Jerusalem Christian Center - Rockdale
• New Life Baptist Church - Rockdale
• New Providence Primitive Baptist Church - Jones Prairie
  Location: corcern FM 485 & FM 979
  Pastor 2004: Vince Hardy
• North Orchard Street Church of Christ - Cameron
• Oak Hill Church
  See: Forest Grove Christian Church
  
• Old Providence Church - Branchville
• Peace Lutheran Church - Rockdale
  Location: Meadow Dr.
  Date of origin: 1883
  First pastor: Immanuel Glatzel
  Pastor 1974: Gary E. Mayer
  First location: Bushdale, Milam Co., Texas
  Other locations: In 1909 moved to Wilcox St. in location and building of present Grace Lutheran Church, in 1937 moved to old Presbyterian Church building on San Gabriel St., in 1967 moved to new building on Meadow Dr.
• Pecan Street Church of Christ - Rockdale
  Location: Pecan St.
  Date of origin: August 1948
  First pastor: Luke Miller
  Pastor 1974: Eugene Knox
  First location: In the Matilda Cook home on 6th St.
  Other locations: Moved to the Masonic Hall for the colored, then moved to Pecan St.
• Pleasant Grove Baptist - near Rockdale
  See: Mount Zion Baptist Church - near Rockdale
• Pleasant Hill Church & School - near Alcoa in Rockdale
• Primera Iglesia Bautista Mexicana - Cameron
  Location: E. 1st State Hwy 36
  Pastor 2004: Lupe Rando
• Progressive Missionary Baptist Church - Cameron
  Location: 100 W. 6th St.
  Pastor 2004: Robert T. Johnson
• Rising Star Baptist Church - Rockdale
  Location 1974: Texas St.
  Date of origin: 1907
  First pastor: W. M. Larry founded the church. It is not known whether he was the first pastor or just a member of the church.
  Pastor 1974: L. O. Lang
  First location: Originated in the Tracy community.
  Other locations: In 1960, moved to Texas St.
• Rockdale Christian Church - Rockdale
• Rockdale Full Gospel Chapel - Rockdale
• San Gabriel Christian Church - San GAbriel
  Pastor 2004: Ray Barron
• Saint Benedict's Chapel - Cameron
  Location: 200 S. Crockett
• Saint John's United Methodist Church - Rockdale
  Location: Parkway
  Date of origin: 1876
  First pastor: Rev. R. F. Beasley
  Pastor 1974: Robert W. Koch
  First location: The community-built house of worship on San Gabriel St.
  Other locations: Southeast corner of Cameron and Green Sts., moved to Parkway location in October 1960.
• Saint Joseph's Catholic Church - Rockdale
  Location 1974: San Gabriel St.
  Date of origin: 1880
  First pastor: Missionary and pioneer work done by Fathers John and Jacob Lauth and Fathers Strelsky and Wolf—first regular priest to serve the church was Monsignor Gleisner
  Pastor 1974: Father Paul McCallum
  First location: Same as the present
  Other information: First church built in 1880, torn down and rebuilt in 1912, building moved and present new structure erected in April 1967.
• Saint Paul Lutheran Church - Thorndale
• Saint Thomas Episcopal Church - Rockdale
  Location: E. Davilla St.
  Date of origin: 1873
  First pastor: Alex Gregg
  Pastor 1974: James F. Mitcheil
  First location: Not known, but by 1875 services were held in community chapel established over McCauley's corner in downtown Rockdale
  Other locations: In 1879 the present site was given by Solon Joynes, a church was built, and in 1952 extensive remodeling converted the church building.
• Saint Michael's Catholic Church - Burlington
  Pastor 2004: Steven L. Kana
• Saint Monica's Catholic Church - Cameron
  Location: 306 S. Nolan
  Pastor 2004: Father Tom Hanus
• Saints Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church - Marak
  Pastor 2004: Father Walter Matus
• Salters Chapel A.M.E. Church - Minerva
• San Gabriel Baptist Church - San Gabriel
• San Gabriel Christian Church - San Gabriel
  Pastor 2004: Christopher Kraft
• Sharp Presbyterian Church - Sharp
• Spanish Assembly of God Church - Rockdale
• Springfield Missionary Baptist Church - Rockdale
  Location 1974: 3rd St.
  Date of origin: About 1872—by 1874 was a member of the LaGrange Area Association
  First pastor: Riley Williams
  Pastor 1974: T. R. Simmons
  First location: Location on 3rd St.
  See: Herron's Chapel
  See: New Hope Baptist Church
• Stephen Chapel A. M. E. Church - Gause
• Sweet Home A.M.E. Church - Branchville
• Templo De Alabanza - Cameron
• Templo El Calvario Pentecostes Cladic - Cameron
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Rockdale
• The Masters Gateway Revival Center - Milano
• Trinity Baptist Church - Cameron
  Location: 400 W. 12th St.
  Pastor 2004: John Sell
• Trinity United Methodist Church - Thorndale
• True Love Baptist Church - Cameron
  Location: 705 N. Crockett Ave.
  Pastor 2004: Samuel L. Buhl, Sr.
• Union Ridge Baptist Church - Maysfield
• United Church of Christ - Ben Arnold
• Val Verde Baptist Church - Val Verde