Church Chronology:

ID: 2893 ~ Source: Hodges, Lonnie Belle. Interviewed by Courtney Williams. February 17, 1993, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
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Reflecting on St. James original location and its transition to Second and Clay, Hodges discusses the founding of the church and its movement over time.

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By Allie Roberts
St. James United Methodist Church, originally a Methodist Episcopal church, has existed almost as long as the city of Waco itself. Founded in 1874 by Anderson Brack, a formerly enslaved man, the congregation started with roughly fifty-three members.…