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First
Baptist Church
(316)
772-5500
400
E. 4th
Pastor:
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A
meeting was held on April 3, 1949, in the rural home of Gladys and Bill
Ring with 85 people present. The purpose of the meeting was to
organize the First Baptist Church of Sedgwick. They held services
every Wednesday evening and Sunday in the Ring home for a short
time. A school house that had been put up for auction, was purchased
by the congregation for $725.00. After attaining an old pulpit and
some benches from another Baptist Church, they were ready to hold services
on July 31, 1949 with 23 people in attendance. The dedication of the
First Baptist Church of Sedgwick, Kansas was held as 2:30 pm on September
11, 1949. The lots at 4th and Lincoln were bought in the summer of
1957. Ground breaking services were conducted on Sunday, November 7,
1960. A new brick church was built on these lots. The new
church building was dedicated on March 26, 1961. |
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First
Christian Church
(316)
772-0211
6th
& Franklin
Pastor:
Kim Beckwith
www.sedgwickchristian.org *The
Christian Church's Lighthouse is open Saturday evenings, 7-9PM for
Junior/Senior High students. |
First
Christian Church was organized in Sedgwick, Kansas, after a four week
meeting in Congdon's Opera House held by J. H. Fuller on February 23,
1896, with 34 charter members. The first Church building was donated
by the Darlington Church members with the stipulation that the Sedgwick
members would assist in moving the actual building. The building was
dedicated on May 1, 1896 by Bro. G. T. Grobarger. The first pastor
was J. H. Fuller. The original structure was remodeled in 1907 but
following a highly successful revival in 1911, during which the Church
could not accommodate the crowds, plans were begun to build a new and
larger building. A new brick building was dedicated on February 16,
1913. In 1978, the Church membership voted to construct a new
building - the third Christian Church to set on the corner of Sixth Street
and Franklin in Sedgwick. Dedication was held on August 26,
1979. |
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Plymouth
Congregational Church
(316)
772-5895
402
N. Commercial
Pastor:
Craig Reynolds |
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The
Congregationalists have the distinction of having the first Church in
Sedgwick. The seats were planks placed on kegs and the pulpit was a
board balanced on an empty lime barrel. On June 8, 1876 three
Chicago men donated a lot on 8th Street for a parsonage. On December
8, 1912 the last meeting was held in the old Church. On Saturday
evening and all day Sunday, December 22, the services for the dedication
of the new Church were held. |
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United
Methodist Church
(316)
772-5252
606
N. Commercial
Pastor: Paul
Stephens |
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The
United Methodist Church was incorporated October 22, 1875. The
Methodists bought the old McClung Hotel and fitted it for a Church.
When this was found to be unsatisfactory the small brick schoolhouse was
rented for a Church on Sundays. A new Church was built and dedicated
in 1879 on the present site, Commercial and Sixth Street. This
building was sold in April of 1913. On May 13, 1913, ground was
broken for the present building. In April of 1968, the United
Methodist Church became a reality unification of the Evangelical United
Brethren Church and the Methodist Church. |
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