First Christian honors denomination pioneers

Friday, November 17, 2017

To commemorate the denomination's Missouri bicentennial, the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1601 N. Main St., Poplar Bluff, is adding the members of the first congregation to its rolls for the next year. Nov. 22, 1817, The First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) added 13 new members and a new minister, none of whom will ever physically worship with the congregation. The new members and the minister were the 14 people who worshipped Nov. 22, 1817 at the Salt Creek Christian Church in Howard County, the first Christian Church in Missouri, and the preacher who led them. The original "Book of Minutes" of the Salt Creek congregation shows only minister Thomas McBride and one of the 13 charter members could write. The other 12 signed the page by marking an "X" between their first and last names.

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