A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH OF WYLIE, TEXAS On October 1, 2000, the first services were held for the Lighthouse Baptist Church of Wylie, Texas, with 11 in attendance. The Lighthouse Baptist Church was started as a mission church out of the Trinity Baptist Church of Arlington, Texas, pastored by Dr. Bob W. Smith. In August of 2000, the Trinity Baptist Church licensed and ordained James Michael Rasbeary, and in September sent he and his wife, Amanda, and their two daughters, Elisabeth and Rebekah, to start this new church. The Rasbeary's purpose was to start a new church built on old-fashioned Bible preaching, old-fashioned services, old-fashioned music, old-fashioned Sunday School, and an old-fashioned Baptist position. On August 1, 2001, the Lighthouse Baptist Church officially organized into an independent Baptist Church with 37 charter members. The Lighthouse Baptist Church leased and then purchased the property of the former Wylie Church of God. The property included an auditorium, a two-story Sunday School building, a gymnasium, and 2.6 acres of land. This property was purchased on October 1, 2001, on the church's one-year anniversary. |
