Johnson Street Church of Christ

Churches of Christ have no organization above the local congregation, which shaped how they spread. In Texas the growth came chiefly from men who worked during the week and preached on weekends and in summer, meeting in homes, schoolhouses, courthouses and camp-meeting grounds. By 1860 there were 2,500 members in fifty-three congregations along the frontier, as far west as Zavala County. After 1876 itinerant preachers such as W. H. Stewart, Silas Scarborough and Thomas Nance pushed onto the West Texas prairies, and several churches there, San Angelo among them, began as colonies.

What the plaque says

Johnson Street Church of Christ In 1898 or 1899, Mrs. W. A. Pringle began seeking those in the San Angelo area who might wish to join her family in worship in the Church of Christ tradition. Andrew Jackson McCarty of Austin held a revival in San Angelo in 1900, after which a small group began meeting regularly. They formed the nucleus of what would be the Harris Avenue Church of Christ. In 1901 they purchased a house in which to hold services. Their first minister was T. B. Larimore. The church grew with San Angelo. Larger buildings were erected in 1906 and in 1936. Among the congregation's outreach ministries were local and foreign mission endeavors, which began in the 1940s. The church dedicated a building here on Johnson Street in 1963 and became Johnson Street Church of Christ. The congregation continued with programs of worship and service. (2000)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Concho River Walk — 1.7 mi
  Four miles of lit trails along the North Concho through downtown San Angelo, rebuilt after voters taxed themselves in 2004, with gardens, sculpture, a river stage and stocked trout.
• Fort Concho National Historic Landmark — 2.2 mi
  The stone post at the forks of the Concho, headquarters of the Tenth Cavalry from 1875 to 1882, saved by a woman with a museum and now a city-run landmark of 23 original buildings.
• San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts — 2.2 mi
  A free art museum on the Concho beside Fort Concho, founded in the fort's 1868 quartermaster building and known nationally for its biennial ceramics competition.
• Miss Hattie's Bordello Museum — 2.3 mi
  The upstairs rooms on Concho Avenue where a brothel ran from 1902 until the Texas Rangers closed it in 1952, shown on short guided tours with most of the furnishings original.

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