Bayou Rouge Baptist Church
Founded July 1847
133 Church Street, Evergreen, Louisiana 71333
175th Anniversary Celebration is Sunday, July 31st, 2016
Worship Service will be at 11 a.m. and will have the Friends and Family Gospel Singers from Centerpoint.
A catered meal will follow with additional musical presentations and inflatable fun house for children Info at 318-346-2419 or davidtrimbur@gmail.com
Church 2016 Church 1967 Pastor David Trimbur Wife June Trimbur
Rev. John O’Quin January 1, 1808 - March 15, 1898 Family and Friends Gospel Group
The Bayou Baptist Church was founded July 25, 1841 by Rev. John O’Quin (correct spelling is with 1 “n”) and 16 members on the Bayou Rouge about 2 miles from its present site in Evergreen. We worship today in the same building that was constructed in 1858, which is on the Louisiana Registry of Historical Places. It has had 56 Pastors, three of whom served twice and one (the current) three times. In its history, the church founded 11 missions, five of which are still active self-supporting churches, including Marksville Baptist Church and the First Baptist Church of Bunkie. The beautiful cemetery in Evergreen is carefully cared for and has graves from before the Civil War era. All of the monthly business minutes are preserved in the Archives of the Louisiana Baptist Convention in Alexandria, Louisiana.