Churches in Ranger

Ranger Exes Memorial - Ranger,  Texas
Churches in Ranger      
For a small town, Ranger presently has seventeen churches.  The oldest 
church in Ranger may be the Methodist Church which was organized in 1881. 
Perhaps the newest one is the non-denominational Cowboy Church.



CHURCH OF CHRIST - (203 Mesquite) Members began meeting in the Merriman 
  school during the year of 1890.  The congregation built a small frame 
  church building on the location of the present church in 1907.  A new
  brick building was constructed in 1935 and later a another church was 
  build at the near same location.

CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY - (corner of Oak & Hunt)

CORNERSTONE BAPTIST MISSION - (located on Loop 254)

EASTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH - (4th & Young St.) This church was started as 
  a mission of the First Baptist Church.  It was organized into a church 
  in 1957.  The congregation moved into a new church in 1979 and the old 
  sanctuary was torn down.

ST. RITA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH - (1109 Blackwell Rd.)

EASTSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST - (304 Strawn Rd.)

CHURCH OF GOD - (601 Pershing)


FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - (Walnut at Marston) This church was organized in 
  1982. Services were held in the school building for the first three 
  years.  In 1885 a small frame building was constructed on the corner 
  lot of Walnut & N. Austin St.  During the oil boom, a brick building 
  was dedicated.  At one time the membership numbered 750. A new sanctuary 
  building was constructed in 1966.


FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - (411 Elm St.) Reverend Hightower organized 
  this church in 1881.  A white frame church building was erected in 1886.
  The congregation moved to the present brick church in 1920.


SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH - (Commerce & Pine St.)

FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH - (Caddo Rd.)

ST. PAUL BAPTIST - (501 Cherry St.)

MERRIMAN BAPTIST CHURCH - (Merriman Rd.) Organization of the Merriman 
  Baptist Church was in 1892. The congregation erected a small church 
  house in 1893 and a wood frame meeting house in 1903.  The church 
  leased oil drilling rights on the property and was able to donate to
  many Christian groups and causes.  In 1922, a new brick church was
  constructed. There were 225 members in 1999. Many churches in Ranger
  may have started here in the late 1800s after evangelistic meetings.

TABERNACLE OF FAITH - (507 Cypress)

COWBOY CHURCH - (Ranger Livestock Auction) Non-denominational

LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER - (I-20 at Desdemona Exit)

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH & CHRISTIAN SCHOOL - 404 W. Main St.


Other Ranger churches that existed at one time:

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH -  This church was organized in 1919 and 
  at one time was located at 404 W. Main St. next to the old West 
  Texas Clinic.

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE - Meetings of this church were first held 
  in a tent during the 1930s. At one time there was a church built 
  across from Ratliff Feed Store.

CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - The congreation of this church 
  started meeting at the Methodist Church in 1892.

CHURCH OF GOD - This church was located at 601 Pershing.

RIDDLE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
Ranger Exes Memorial - Ranger, Texas Churches in Ranger
