First Christian Church of Luling

Duane's take

Here's how the official marker tells it, and I'll do my best to do it justice. Now, every good story has a spark, and this one starts with a young woman named Eula Nichols. In 1891, she left a farm near Austin and came to Luling to attend school.

Could've been a quiet chapter in a quiet life. But Eula Nichols had other ideas. She persuaded the Reverend A.

J. Bush to come out and hold a revival service right here in Luling, and that was 1892. One woman, one ask, one revival.

See where this is going? Out of that revival, the First Christian Church was organized, with the Reverend G. S.

Kimberly stepping in as resident minister. Now they needed a place to gather, and they found one in a way that feels very Texas: they purchased the lower level of a local Masonic Lodge and held their services there. Not a grand cathedral, just a borrowed floor and a faithful congregation, and that arrangement carried them all the way to 1946.

Then came 1947, and the congregation built a proper sanctuary right here on this site. A real building, a real home. And then, as the marker tells it plainly, it burned.

A new building rose in its place in 1979. The church has kept going ever since, sponsoring youth programs and staying active in both local and foreign outreach. One farm girl from outside Austin walked into Luling with a notion, and a whole church followed her there.

What the marker says

Eula Nichols moved from a farm near Austin to Luling in 1891 to attend school. She persuaded the rev. A. J. Bush to hold a revival service here in 1892. As a result, First Christian Church was organized with the Rev. G. S. Kimberly serving as resident minister. The congregation purchased the lower level of a local Masonic Lodge where they held services until 1946. A sanctuary, built at this site in 1947, burned and was replaced with a new building in 1979. The church sponsors a variety of youth programs and remains active in local and foreign outreach activities.