(This history includes information from an article “History of Concord Church, School and Cemetery” written by Bernice (Ray) Adams in June 1985)



    Antioch Missionary Baptist Church traces her roots back to 1840 to the families who lived in the community of “Lost Corner.” Lost Corner is thought to be the original name for what became known as the Concord Community because of its lack of a church or school. J. F. “Frank” Ray was a sawmill operator and in 1903 he gave the materials for the original one-room school and Union church, built on the west side of the Concord Cemetery. Bro. O. H. Latham was the pastor, and deacons were J. T. Morgan and Jim Smith. Bro. Tom Watson, a Baptist preacher and sawmill operator, brought his men to help build the structure, which was named Antioch Baptist Church of Christ in 1907, because it provided services for the Baptist members and Church of Christ members, with everyone worshiping together. . . .

by Pastor Glen Moore



    The promise I made to my dying father was that I would not go on the mission field until I had accomplished two things. First, I would continue my care of him and second, I would move my mother to Cuero, Texas, her hometown, where she would be living with my grandmother. . . .