First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Kerrville

The congregation's denomination took its present name and shape in the twentieth century. At their 1956 assembly the Disciples of Christ adopted the official name Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The Texas Christian Missionary Society became the Texas Association of Christian Churches in 1963. When the church restructured in the late 1960s, Texas became one of thirty-six regions, enlarged in 1975 to take in New Mexico, the Oklahoma Panhandle and Liberal, Kansas, as the Southwest region under a regional minister. Texas Disciples numbered 2,500 in 1860 and 103,130 in 445 congregations in 1994.

What the plaque says

First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Kerrville In the early 1880s a small group of pioneer Kerrville women collected funds to build a Union church, and a small sanctuary was completed in 1885. Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and other congregations shared the building with the Christian (Disciples of Christ) Fellowship for many years. Through the efforts of the Rev. P. E. Hawkins and Dr. H. R. Wall, the First Christian Church of Kerrville was granted sole ownership of the Union building in 1925. Through the years, its members have become active in outreach and missionary programs. (1985)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Schreiner Mansion — 2.9 mi
  The 1879 downtown home of Charles Schreiner, the Alsatian-born merchant, banker and rancher whose store and mohair trade built Kerrville.
• Treue der Union Monument — 17 mi
  An 1866 German-language monument in Comfort over the graves of Hill Country Unionists killed at the Nueces in 1862, its flag of thirty-six stars kept at half-staff.
• Old Tunnel State Park — 21 mi
  A railroad tunnel abandoned in 1942 that now shelters up to three million Mexican free-tailed bats, who fly out each evening from May through October.
• Vereins Kirche and Main Street — 23 mi
  The octagonal Society Church on Fredericksburg's market square, rebuilt in stone in the 1930s, beside a main street laid out like a Rhine village.

More markers nearby

• Kerrville Lodge No. 697, A.F. & A.M. — 0.5 mi
• Gatlin Site — 0.8 mi
• Old Spanish Trail — 1.2 mi
• The Famous Door Café — 2.2 mi