[Pamphlet: "Together We Build"] (open access)

[Pamphlet: "Together We Build"]

Church pamphlet summarizing a fundraising campaign to build a new classroom building for the First Baptist Church of Rockwall, including graphs displaying church growth, floor maps of the proposed building, and soliciting donations to the church. The pamphlet begins with a short history of the church, and includes a frequently-asked-questions page.
Date: 1991~
Creator: First Baptist Church of Rockwall
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Registration for Rockwell Baraca] (open access)

[Certificate of Registration for Rockwell Baraca]

Certificate of registration issued by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, certifying the Baraca Sunday school of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall's enrolllment into the convention's Organized Class Department.
Date: December 30, 1921
Creator: Southern Baptist Convention
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1976 Rockwall First Baptist Members: Howland Family]

Photograph of the Howland family, members of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall, standing outside the church building. Several family members are named, including their method of membership into the church: Mr. and Mrs. Jerry (Phyllis) Howland, by letters (transfer from another Baptist church), and Tracy Howland, by baptism.
Date: April 18, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baptist Sunday School Convention, Rockwall]

Photograph of a convention of Baptist adult Sunday schools in Rockwall organized by the Philathean Society. Several women stand on the steps of a church building, arranged in four rows. Two groups of women along the front row each hold a sign, a pennant at left reading "Philathea" and a flag-shaped banner at right reading "First Annual Convention Banner." Names of attendees is listed on the back of the photograph.
Date: 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Church Membership, Rockwall First Baptist 125th Anniversary]

Photograph of members of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall gathered for the church's 125th anniversary. They are gathered in a large crowd on a lawn in front of the church's worship center, facing South Goliad Street behind the photographer.
Date: 1977~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Baptist Educational Building Groundbreaking, Rockwall]

Photograph of a ground-breaking ceremony for a new educational building for the Rockwall First Baptist Church on March 13, 1983. A man holds a spade, digging from a small dirt patch in a grass field, surrounded by multiple people. A list of names of people present at the groundbreaking is included.
Date: March 13, 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Foundation Work, Rockwall First Baptist]

Photograph of foundation work outside the First Baptist Church of Rockwall for a parking lot. A concrete retaining wall has been built along the corner of the church property, with a large and uneven field of dirt spanning within the wall. Suburban neighborhoods are visible in the background.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historical Marker Ceremony: Crowd at Marker Unveiling #1]

Photograph of the unveiling of a historical marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission in front of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. A crowd of people stand along the sidewalk and around the marker, currently obscured with a covering wrapped around it. The corner of Goliath Street and Boydstun Avenue runs across the image, behind the crowd.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historical Marker Ceremony: Crowd at Marker Unveiling #2]

Photograph of the unveiling of a historical marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission in front of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. A crowd of people stand along the sidewalk and around the marker, currently obscured with a covering wrapped around it. The corner of Goliath Street and Boydstun Avenue runs across the image, behind the crowd.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historical Marker Ceremony: Marker and Two Men #1]

Photograph of the unveiling of a historical marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission in front of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Two men stand on each side of the historical marker, facing forward. A crowd of people is scattered behind the marker.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historical Marker Ceremony: Marker and Two Men #2]

Photograph of the unveiling of a historical marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission in front of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Two men stand on each side of the historical marker, facing forward. A crowd of people is scattered behind the marker.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historical Marker Ceremony: Unveiling]

Photograph of the unveiling of a historical marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission in front of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Two men are removing the covering from the historical marker, while a crowd watches from behind. The church building is in the background (right).
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Breaking Ground #1]

Photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Two men, holding shovels, dig out clumps of soil from a field of dirt on the church grounds while a handful of people watch from nearby, looking onward.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Breaking Ground #2]

Photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Two men, holding shovels, dig out clumps of soil from a field of dirt on the church grounds while a handful of people watch from nearby, looking onward.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Ceremony Participants]

Photograph of ceremony participants for a new worship center's groundbreaking ceremony at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The participants stand side by side in front of a paved parking lot, with an amplifier on a tripod stand and a microphone placed before them. Two men at right stand near a small pile of upturned dirt.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Crowd from Parking Lot]

Photograph of a crowd at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church, gathered on a parking lot adjacent to the church building. In front of the crowd are prominent leaders of the church, some wearing hard hats, standing near four shovels wrapped with bows and lodged in the dirt. Inside the church, people watch the ceremony from a window (center right). The church's steeple and the city's water tower are both visible behind the church building.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Men with Shovels]

Photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Two men hold shovels on a pile of of upturned dirt, looking to the left and smiling. A microphone on a stand is placed in front of them.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Panorama #1]

Panoramic photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Facing the east, the Rockwall water tower, the old worship center, and its white steeple is visible behind the large crowd of people standing together on the location of the worship center. In front of the people are parked cars in front of a row of parking cones.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Panorama #2]

Panoramic photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Facing the east, the Rockwall water tower, the old worship center, and its white steeple is visible behind the large crowd of people standing together on the location of the worship center. In front of the people are parked cars in front of a row of parking cones. The crowd watches a group of people stand near a pile of upturned soil at right.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Panorama #3]

Panoramic photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Facing the east, the Rockwall water tower, the old worship center, and its white steeple is visible behind the large crowd of people standing together on the location of the worship center. In front of the people are parked cars in front of a row of parking cones.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Prayer #1]

Photograph of a prayer being held at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Two individuals, standing behind a microphone and a loudspeaker, bow their heads. Members of the church staff standing behind also bow in prayer.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Prayer #2]

Photograph of a prayer being held at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Two individuals, standing behind a microphone and a loudspeaker, bow their heads. Members of the church staff standing behind also bow in prayer.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Speech #1]

Photograph of a speech being delivered at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The speaker holds a book in his right hand and stands behind a microphone on a stand. Members of the church staff stand behind the speakers, including two men holding shovels driven into the dirt.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Speech #2]

Photograph of a speech being delivered at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The speaker holds a book in his right hand and stands behind a microphone on a stand and a loudspeaker set on a large tripod. Members of the church staff stand behind the speakers, including two men holding shovels driven into the dirt.
Date: February 1, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History