First Baptist Church, LeMars

Articles of Incorporation - July 23, 1890

First Baptist Church building 1890-1914

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, October 3, 1902

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH--Corner Clark and Sixth streets, Rev. J. F. Bennett, pastor. Morning Services 10:30 a.m., Sunday school, 12 p.m. Junior B.Y.P.U., 3 p.m. Young People's Union, 6:45 p.m. Evening song and preaching service 8:00. Strangers always welcome.

New building built at same location--occupied 1914-1975

Present day building at 1384 6th Ave SE, LeMars, IA

PASTORS OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, LE MARS, IOWA

Rev. Robert Carrol (Supply)	1890-1891
Rev. Howard M. Jones	1891-1892
Rev. Wm. R. Hunter (Supply)	1892-1893
Rev. G. R. Bisby	1893-1896
Rev. Chas. Braithwaite	1896-1898
Rev. Ernest Wood	1899-1899
Rev. C. H. Moore	1899-1902
Supply	1902-1903
Rev. Parker Smith	1903-1906
Rev. G. R. Bisby (second term)	1906-1907
Rev. J. L. Ayrault	1907-1908
Rev. L. H. Steinhoff	1908-1910
Rev. J. C. Hoover	1910-1915
Rev. G. R. Lewis	1915-1916
Rev. T. H. Hunter	1916-1917
Rev. E. L. James	1917-1921
Rev. N. L. Haney	1921-1922
Supply	1922-1923
Rev. J. W. Case	1923-1925
Rev. J. L. Pickett	1925-1927
Supply	1927-1928
Rev. T. P. Potter	1928-1936
Rev. S. A. Jones	1936-1943
Rev. Earl Dale	1944-1945
Rev. Frank Anderson	1945-1950
Rev. Frank Patterson	1950-1956
Rev. Alvern Kinrade	1956-1964
Rev. Kenneth Humpleby	1964-1967
Rev. Richard Milne	1968-1970
Rev. George Dunn (supplied 10 months)
Rev. Robert Hanthorn	1971-1983
Dr. George Jennings (supplied 16 months)
Rev. Gordon Rhodes	1985-1997
Supply	1997-1999
Rev. Jon Meredith	1999-

Church history and Church Anniversary links:

1890 - 1940, 50th Anniversary

1890- 1965, 75th Anniversary

1974 New Building Dedication

1890 - 1980, 90th Anniversary

1890 - 1985, 95th Anniversary

1890 - 1990, 100th Anniversary

~The photographs, historical information and newspaper clippings on these pages are courtesy of Mrs. Ferne Jones Tindall. Ferne was married to Rev. S. A. Jones, who pastored this church from 1936-1943. LeMars was her "home"community. After Rev. Jones' death in 1949, Ferne returned to LeMars to live out the rest of her life in Plymouth County, Iowa. Ferne was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church, LeMars, IA. These pages reflect the memories of Ferne. Her collection has been submitted by this county coordinator, her granddaughter, Linda Ewin Ziemann.

Ferne King Jones Tindall

Born 04 May 1906, rural Adaville, Iowa
Died 04 Feb 2003, LeMars, Iowa
Buried next to her first husband, Rev. S. A. Jones, LeMars Memorial Cemetery