CHURCH HISTORIES Terrebonne Parish, LA BAPTIST - PLYMOUTH ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH Submitted by: Cynthia Daigle Source: The Houma Daily Courier and The Terrebonne Press, Houma, LA. Last modified: 10 MARCH 2008 ================================================== NOTE: 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. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ================================================== BAPTIST - PLYMOUTH ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH Location in 2007 - 1000 Wallis Street, Houma, LA The Houma Daily Courier and The Terrebonne Press Houma, LA, Oct. 8, 1972, Sunday, Section E PLYMOUTH ROCK DESTROYED BY THREE STORMS (picture of church in paper) Reverend John Aubert sent out a call to organize a Baptist church in Deweyville. Among the fourteen people responding to the call were George McKinley, Mrs. James B. Robinson, Frank Terrell, Mary McKinley Williams, Eva Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Carter, Rose Terrell and Francis McKinley. These people organized a determined effort to construct a black Baptist church easily accessible to the people of Deweyville (area along Aycock St.) From personal donations, a new Baptist church was erected in 1906. This House of God was to be known as the Plymouth Rock Baptist Church. Plymouth Rock served the people, without incidence for three years. In 1909, a hurricane came along and blew the church down. In the wake of the storm, the people eagerly set out to rebuild the church. The rebuilding of Plymouth Rock was fairly inexpensive. Most of the lumber blown down by the storm was salvaged and used again. In 1915 another hurricane came along and blew the church off its blocks. Again, the people of Deweyville faithfully restored Plymouth Rock. Weakened by the two storms, Plymouth Rock was again blown down by a hurricane in 1926. Again the people set about the reconstruction of Plymouth Rock. This time, a strong and sturdier church was to be built. Realizing that this kind of church would be far above their financial power, the Deweyville citizens set out to raise the money. "We knew that somehow, some way we were going to raise that money", a member of the congregation said. Soon youth plays, chicken dinners, fish fries, concerts and gospel musicals were sponsored by the Plymouth Rock members. "Almost every week something big was going on," added John Billizon. Throughout the times of these campaigns, services of the Plymouth Rock Baptist Church were held in a nearby vacant house. Reverend Aubert, along with the officers of the church approached Mr. J.C. Dupont Sr. and were successful in getting the land for the church donated. Within a few months time, the remains of the old church were cleared as the new Plymouth Rock Baptist Church began to take form. This new church proved to be a strong and durable one. Built in 1907, that church remains standing today. In 1960, the increased church population forced the membership to build a church large enough to accommodate the congregation. Under the pastorship of Reverend James Robinson, ground breaking ceremonies for an all brick church was held in May of 1960. In 1962, the latest edition of the Plymouth Rock Baptist Church was completed, with the Reverend Johnny Price serving as pastor. Throughout its history, Plymouth Rock Baptist Church has had eight pastors. In order of their terms, they were Reverends John Aubert, T.A. Collins, Theriot, Toussaint, S.L. Walker, Tommy Clark, James Robinson and Johnny Price.