Gilliam Springs Baptist Church

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GILLIAM SPRINGS
BAPTIST CHURCH
Gilliam Springs Baptist Church was founded by
nine charter members on November 25, 1882,
under the leadership of the Rev. P.J. Corley in
the Gilliam Springs School. The log school was
located on the east side of North Main Street in
the vicinity of Brookwood Drive and Tenth
Avenue. In 1884 the congregation erected a log
church building at this location. A brick church
was constructed in 1934, and several additions were
added beginning In the early 1960s. Gilliam
Springs Baptist Church is older than First United
Methodist and First Baptist churches but was
built outside the limits of the original Town of
Arab. It was annexed in the 1970s, thus becoming
the oldest church in Arab.