CHURCH HISTORIES   Terrebonne Parish, LA 

BAPTIST - CHRIST BAPTIST CHURCH

Submitted by: Cynthia Daigle
 
Source: The Houma Daily Courier and The Terrebonne Press
Houma, LA, Oct. 8, 1972, Sunday, Section E

Last modified: 9 MARCH 2008
 
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NOTE: These histories might not include all churches in Terrebonne Parish. Most 
histories were submitted by the church to the Houma Daily Courier and The 
Terrebonne Press as part of the newspapers Sesquicentennial Edition. Not all 
churches submitted histories.

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BAPTIST - CHRIST BAPTIST CHURCH

Location in 2007 - 1700 East Tunnel Blvd., Houma, LA

CHRIST BAPTIST CHURCH   (picture of church in paper)
EAST HOUMA'S CHRIST BAPTIST IS OFFSPRING OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Christ Baptist Church was begun as Houma Baptist Mission early in 1955 
under the sponsorship of the First Baptist Church of Houma. The mission 
was organized into a church on September 11, 1955.

The Reverend Lawrence Thibodeaux served the church as pastor from the time 
of its beginning to the time of his death in August 1968. The original 
property for the church was purchased by the Home Mission Board of the 
Southern Baptist Convention.

From its very small beginning, with a small congregation meeting in a 
dwelling house on Jerry Ann Avenue, the church has grown to one with a 
membership of 750 and buildings valued at #300,000.00.

The first building was a little frame chapel built by the members. In 1959 
the first permanent building, a two story educational building, was 
erected. In 1965, the present auditorium was erected and put into use. 
These buildings serve the congregation today.

Reverend Calvin Hazelwood was named pastor of the church March 1, 1969. 
Recently Mr. Barry Daniel came to serve the church as Minister of Music-
Youth.

Some of the charter members of the church are still living in Houma and 
serving their Lord through Christ Baptist Church.

Some of the charter members are Mrs. Lawrence Thibodeaux, Mrs. Grace 
Pizzalotta, Mr. and Mrs. Joel B. Morgan, Mrs. Ruth Landry, Mr. and Mrs. 
Prentiss Caskey, Mrs. Jack Kelly, Mrs. J.R. Lee, Mrs. W.T. Linson, Ray 
LeBlanc, Joel C. Morgan, K.F. Martin, Mrs. Clarence Dugas, Mrs. Arles 
Doss, Jr., David Thibodeaux, Freddie Theriot, Ruple Theriot, Mr. and Mrs. 
Ray Young.