Presbyterians worshipped in Texas from as early as 1826 when Stephen Townsend and much of his extended family left Florida and came to Texas.
On July 18, 1944, the La Grange Intelligencer printed an article “that the Cumberland Presbyterian Camp Meeting commences today near Rabb’s Prairie. Sinners, you are particularly invited that you and the Christian may reason together; not that the Christian will be benefited but that you may be saved from everlasting hell fire."
In early 1844 Dr. Daniel Baker arrived in Texas and preached in towns such as Columbus, Port Lavaca, and El Campo before setting his sights on the town of La Grange, Texas.
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