Carthage, Panola County
Five charter members founded this church in 1871. J. F. McLendon and W. H. H. Hayes served as first pastors. A sanctuary was built on 2.4 acres (present-day Antioch Cemetery) donated by T. J. Miller and Margaret Barnes in 1876. It was destroyed by fire and a new church building was erected here on land purchased by B. G. Holmes about 1883. It burned in 1939 but was rebuilt in 1940. Services were conducted once monthly until 1950, when a parsonage was built at the former site of Antioch School. The congregation continues to serve the community with various programs and activities. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995