“In the fall of 1888, a group of German pioneers who had migrated from Washington, Madison, and St. Clair counties in Illinois, banded together to organize the “Evangelische Zions Gemeinde zu Marion, Williamson County, Illinois.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Churches
In 1905, The First Baptist Church conducted a tent meeting near the Aikman Crossing in which there were a number of conversions. A lot was purchased at the corner of South Russell and West Chestnut and a chapel was constructed on it to house the mission Sunday School. Continue reading
The Civil War was not only a time of political turmoil and division among families and neighbors in the United States, but it was also a time of heightened religious consciousness as people searched for peace in the disturbed nation. Continue reading
On August 19, 1865, four Baptist ministers and a group of laymen met to organize the Marion United Baptist Church. Continue reading
The First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) building at 310 N. Market St. has served as a landmark for well over a hundred and thirty years. Continue reading
