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G R A C E U N I T E D M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H S T A T I S T I C S |
The Texas Historic Marker section of the Texas Historical Commission's Texas Historic Sites Atlas contains the following information on the Grace United Methodist Church in Hearne:
| Marker Number: | 10932 |
| Marker Title: | A Century of the Methodist Church |
| Index Entry: | Methodist Church, A Century of the |
| Address: | Magnolia and First St. |
| City: | Hearne |
| County: | Robertson |
| UTM Zone: | 14 |
| UTM Easting: | 729921 |
| UTM Northing: | 3418708 |
| Subject Codes: | ME |
| Year Marker Erected: | 1972 |
| Designations: | na |
| Marker Location: | |
| Marker Size: | 18" x 28" |
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| Marker Text: | Methodists of Hearne organized their church in Nov. 1870 with the Rev. Horace Bishop as pastor. In 1884 the Rev. Seth Ward became pastor. A church was constructed at this location in 1885. (Later the Rev. Mr. Ward was first native Texan to be made a bishop in the Methodist church.) Through gifts and pledges of the membership, present edifice was built, 1931; renovated, 1965. Having adopted name "Grace" in 1948, congregation became Grace United Methodist Church in 1958 and observed 100th Anniversary of Methodism in Hearne in 1970. |