CHURCH HISTORIES    Terrebonne Parish, LA 

BAPTIST - ST. PETERS' BAPTIST CHURCH
 
Submitted by: Cynthia Daigle
 
Source:  The Houma Daily Courier and The Terrebonne Press, Houma, LA. 

Last modified: 10 MARCH 2008
 
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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.

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BAPTIST - ST. PETERS' BAPTIST CHURCH

Location in 2007 - 669 Hwy 55, Montegut, La.

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

ST. PETERS DATES TO LINCOLN'S DEATH   (picture of church in paper)

St. Peters Baptist Church was organized in 1865, the year that President 
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.

The church was built of cypress logs from the woods of Hope Farm, located 
between Montegut and Bourg.

St. Peters was built away from the general population of its members. 
Gradually, the congregation moved from the farms to settle closer to the 
church.

Today the street that runs near the church is called St. Peters Street.
The present pastor of St. Peters Baptist Church is Rev. J.H. Thompson.