Clear Creek Baptist Church

History of Clear Creek Baptist Church

According to oral tradition, this congregation was organized in 1872 as the Clear Creek
Missionary Baptist Church by six families who resided in this area of East Lampasas County.
The church petitioned for membership in the Leon River Baptist Association in 1876 and sent
delegates to the associational meeting the following year. The Rev. Ambrose W. Elledge
(d.1884) served as first pastor and is buried in the nearby cemetery. In 1889 Joseph M. and
Alice Carnes formally deeded land at this site to the church deacons, although a sanctuary
had been here since the late 1870's. During the last few years of the 19th century, the
congregation joined the newly formed Lampasas Baptist Association and grew to a
membership of 66 under the leadership of the Rev. C.C. Greer. In 1912 a tornado and then a
hailstorm caused damage to the sanctuary, but repairs sufficed to keep the building standing
until the decision to rebuild was made in 1940. Over the years, a brush arbor and later an
open air tabernacle were used for revivals. Baptisms were held in the Lampasas River (5
miles) until 1975. The oldest legible tombstone in the nearby church cemetery is dated 1872.

Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986
In 1975 a new sanctuary was dedicated.
In 1977 a kitchen and fellowship hall was added.
In 1984 (4) additional Sunday School rooms were added off the fellowship hall.
In 1998 a new worship center with a seating capacity of 400 was dedicated.

A Fellowship Hall and Sunday School rooms have been built next to the new worship center.
The old sanctuary is now the wedding chapel.