CHURCH HISTORIES    Terrebonne Parish, LA 

BAPTIST - MONTEGUT BAPTIST MISSION
 
Submitted by: Cynthia Daigle
 
Source:  The Houma Daily Courier and The Terrebonne Press, Houma, LA. 

Last modified: 10 MARCH 2008
 
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BAPTIST - MONTEGUT BAPTIST MISSION

NOTE: In 2008, listed as: 
Montegut Baptist Church
1305 Hwy 55, Montegut, La.

The Houma Daily Courier and The Terrebonne Press
Houma, LA, Oct. 8, 1972, Sunday, Section E

FRENCH PROGRAM STARTS MISSION IN MONTEGUT
By Rev. Benton Billion (Bellon?)

The late Rev. Lawrence Thibodeaux was the pastor of the First Baptist 
Church of Thibodaux, LA. He conducted French services on the radio. As a 
result of the radio services, Mrs. Louis Charpentier of Montegut heard him 
and invited him to her home to discuss the Bible. He then began coming to 
Montegut every other Friday night, where he held services in Mrs. 
Charpentier's home.

Brother Thibodeaux saw a need for a mission in Montegut. He and members of 
his religious community bought and built a mission on the Pointe-aux-Chene 
road in 1954. At that time the mission was named Charpentier Baptist 
Mission.

Brother Thibodeaux moved from Thibodaux to Houma, where he became pastor 
of the Christ Baptist Church. Charpentier Mission was then turned over to 
the First Baptist Church of Houma.

For approximately seven years, the mission was pastured by seminary 
students from the theological seminary in New Orleans. These preachers 
came to Montegut only on weekends. They served the mission until the end 
of 1962.

Rev. Benton Bellon became pastor of the mission on January 1, 1963, when 
he became the first full time pastor of the mission. 

The congregation remained on the Pointe-aux-Chene road until 1967, when 
they purchased some property in Montegut and built their present mission. 
The name of the mission was then changed from Charpentier Baptist Mission 
to Montegut Baptist Mission.