Grace Temple Baptist Church has had a total of 4,571 members over the years, according to Pastor Sipe’s record book. “Also listed in the book are the names of everyone we’ve baptized, about ...

Portum has been a member of Grace Temple Community Church for 28 years, nine as assistant pastor before becoming pastor. “It’s been in my thinking for a good two years,” Portrum said of the ...

Grace Baptist Church, also known as Baptist Temple, began in a tent on February 12, 1872, with fifty members. The historic Baptist Temple building, which is now the Temple Performing Arts Center ...

“The 10 to 20 people in the Bible study approached me and asked if I would lead their new church,” says Coleman. “I told them to let me graduate first and then we would get the church started.