The Baptists Are Building
Schools are not the only thing being constructed in San Marcos. If you will go
South on Hunter Road and take a right at McCarty Lane, drive to the big blue
water tower, then look to your left, you will see the entrance to the new First
Baptist Church, currently under construction. At this point the steel work is
75% complete. The anticipated date of occupancy is February or March of 2007.
Rev. Mark Newton, Senior Pastor of FBC, never hestitates to show his enthusiasm
for this project, which was handed him when he accepted the call to be the
pastor First Baptist Church. He and his staff are busy making plans for the
forthcoming transition into new quarters.
The new facility is Phase I of what will become a large regional church in the
San Marcos area. In the meantime, FBC is meeting in the San Marcos Baptist
Academy facilities on Ranch Road 12.
The new FBC will be a landmark for the San Marcos area, situated on the second
hill of their 70 acre church campus, and visible from I-35.
This 7.5 million dollar facility will provide educational, administrative and
worship space for this 149 year old established church in San Marcos.
It is rewarding to witness a dream come into being after ten years of
discussion and planning, and thanks go to all those who have had a part in this
vast undertaking.
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