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Newspaper

Hope Star

Location

Hope, Arkansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1967

Page

5

History of Hope Baptist church in Hope Arkansas shifts location

The article traces the Hope Baptist church origins from its first site at North Wabnut and East Avenue A to a 1884 move to South Main and East Third, detailing land deeds, trustees, manse purchases, and the 1906 cement auditorium. It lists early pastors, deacons, and officers, notes the church’s growth to about 400 members and 300 in Sunday School, and cites sources from J. H. Arnold’s records and member recollections.

Simandl Baptist Church Hope Hope Baptist Church North Wabnut East Avenue A James M Loughrought Thos, Allen A. R. Allen Henry GC. Marquand Elizabeth c| Marquand J. R. Giles C. T. Short J. B. Powell J. M. Awbry The Hope Baptist Shurch Thei South Main East Third Avenue John H. Davis E. Jane Davis Benj. Beard Sallie P. Beard South Elm Street Brichenan Charles Champlin Will Palmore Luther Hollamon H.d. F. Garrett Casey F. N. Forter vu+ture City of Hope H. 2. F. Garrett C. T. White J. H. Black Sid Reed S. W. White J. H. Wood Thomas Black Capt Geo. W. Bowden M. L. Bowden Wm. Mack Dr. Rye Robert Lewis Z.T. Lewis Bro. Aaron M. D. Early C. W. Callahan van Ware J. W. Daley Co. T. White Neco Texas G. W. Reeves Harris W.T. Box J. B. Searcy J. P. Thomas A. H. Autry Dr. Searcy Rev. Autry W. M. Bostick J. DD. Cotton D. Brown D. D Br. Brown Dr. Brown Sabbath School G. £. Cannon W. R. Alexander B. P B. Haynes Charles Routon G. E Cannon M. W. Russell Henry Roebuck Chas. Hervey C. R. Pugh H. J. F. Garrett G. E. Cannon Sid J. H. Arnold Baptist Church

Churches and fires mark Hope history of 1890s era

The excerpt recalls Hope’s Methodist church founding in 1874 with land donations and early pastors, plus postfire rebuilds of church properties. It notes civic figures like James M. Loughborough and Capt. Thos H. Simms, and chronicles 1897 turmoil amid temperance fights, fires at church buildings, and new land purchases for parsonage and sites.

Methodist Church of Cairo and Thos. H. Simms Methodist Church Washington Hempstead Calvin M. Hervey A. H. Carrigan W. R. Belt Arthur A. Gibson J. M. Hanegan Hope Presbyterian Church Iquar Temberance John M. Pittman Addie Kendall Charles Eddie Richard Kendall

Transports of Yesterday and Today Church Holdings

The record details the 1905 purchase of lots 6 and 7 in Block 38 by Steve and Nora Carrigan for church use, naming trustees and clerks of that era. It chronicles the organization of the church in 1874 under Rev. C. C. Steele, lists early and later pastors, notable members, and current officers, trustees, and Sunday school leaders, framing a long history of Hope's Methodist congregation.

Steve Nora Carrigan George Sandefur J. 5. Monroe Steve Carrigan W. H. Robinson L. J. Gillespie James W. Stephenson John P. Owens Jas. H. McCollum R. H. Ethridge Jas, H. McCollum O. A. Graves J. H. Weaver W. W. Folsom J. H

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