Our Local Church Story

Antique photo of the banks of the Salado Creek, where Belton Nazarene Church first began at meetings
Along the banks of Salado Creek, near where the church held camp meetings.
Old photo of the Armstrong School building in Salado, Texas.
Armstrong School building in
Salado, Texas

Our church history began in the summers of 1917 and 1918, a group of people called Nazarenes held camp meeting revivals on the banks of Salado Creek. The group began meeting in Armstrong School, and later purchased the Sulpher Springs School building where they met until 1939.

In 1939, the church-sponsored tent revival services in Belton, Texas, and with the help of the San Antonio District Church of the Nazarene, purchased a city lot at the corner of Eighth Ave. and Pearl St. From 1940 until the church sold that property to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, the church met in the small rock-faced church building. For seven years after the sale of the building, the church met in Belton Middle School, Belton High School, and UMHB’s business building, moving in for Sunday service and moving out after worship.

On October 1, 2017, the church celebrated 100 years of our church history and Walking in Faith, and is now looking forward to the next 100 years!

Belton Nazarene Church building at 8th Avenue and Pear Street
Belton Church at 8th Ave. and Pearl St
Current location of Belton Nazarene Church at 1701 Sparta Road
Current building at 1701 Sparta Rd.

regular people learning to live like Jesus in today’s world