FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
OF ZEPHYR

THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FOR
THIS CONGREGATION WAS HELD AT THE
HOME OF JOHN J. DRISKILL IN 1886.
THE TWELVE CHARTER MEMBERS
WERE FIRST LED BY PASTOR J. B.
GREENFIELD, WHO SERVED ONLY ONE
MONTH, AND THEN BY J. A. JARRETT. THE
BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP ERECTED ITS
FIRST SANCTUARY IN 1892.  MEMBERS
REBUILT THEIR CHURCH HOME FOL-
LOWING THE DEVASTATING TORNADO OF
I909.  DURING ITS EARLY HISTORY, FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH OF ZEPHYR HELD
REVIVALS UNDER THE ZEPHYR GOSPEL
TABERNACLE. DESCENDANTS OF MANY
OF THE EARLY MEMBERS STILL
WORSHIP HERE.

(1985)