EAGLE LAKE — The First Baptist Church of Eagle Lake (FBC) celebrated its 150th anniversary on Sept. 21 with approximately 100 former and current parishioners in attendance.
The congregation was welcomed by FBC’s Rev. Joshua Turpin.
The celebration service began with an invocation by Dr. George Gaston, a longtime Baptist pastor and professor of Pastoral Care for Southwestern and Logsdon Seminaries. Gaston began his ministry in Eagle Lake as a summer youth intern in 1967. He returned to be FBC’s interim pastor in 1998, 2015 and 2020. Along the way, he ministered as vice president for ministry with Houston’s Memorial Herman Healthcare System and with San Antonio’s Baptist Health System. Most recently, he served as acting director for the Houston Campus of Baylor’s Truett Seminary.
