Rev. John A. Brooks
John Andrew Brooks was born on June 9, 1893, in Gravette, Arkansas. He migrated to
Texas with his family and in 1912 he married Edith Covington, sister of Rev. Tiff Covington. John and Edith had ten children. John was ordained to the gospel ministry on August 14, 1912, by the West Fork District Association of Free Will Baptists. In the 1920’s he attended one semester at Decatur Baptist College in Decatur, Texas.
John Brooks had a long and distinguished ministry. He pastored about a dozen churches,
all of them in the West Fork Association. He founded the First Free Will Baptist Church of
Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1952. Preaching revival meetings took him to Oklahoma and New Mexico occasionally.
During the many years of his ministry he worked at manual labor to support himself and
his large family, and never pastored a church full-time. Early in his ministry he moved his family to West Texas to work in the cotton fields which seemed to extend to the horizon. In the late 1930’s
John and his brother-in-law, Tiff Covington, held a six weeks long revival meeting in a brush arbor at Buffalo Springs, Texas. At the end of the revival they baptized one hundred twenty converts in a stock tank. In other states a stock tank would be called a pond.
During World War II there were not enough Free Will Baptist preachers for all of the
small, rural churches to each have a pastor. During this time he pastored four churches at once, preaching at each of them one Sunday per month. He was widely admired as being an effective preacher and he was called upon frequently to speak at district and state meetings in Texas.
He retired from active ministry at the age of seventy-six. He passed away on February 24,
1973. His beloved wife Edith passed away on September 22, 1985, at the age of ninety-five. They are buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery, in Clay County, Texas.
John Andrew Brooks was born on June 9, 1893, in Gravette, Arkansas. He migrated to
Texas with his family and in 1912 he married Edith Covington, sister of Rev. Tiff Covington. John and Edith had ten children. John was ordained to the gospel ministry on August 14, 1912, by the West Fork District Association of Free Will Baptists. In the 1920’s he attended one semester at Decatur Baptist College in Decatur, Texas.
John Brooks had a long and distinguished ministry. He pastored about a dozen churches,
all of them in the West Fork Association. He founded the First Free Will Baptist Church of
Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1952. Preaching revival meetings took him to Oklahoma and New Mexico occasionally.
During the many years of his ministry he worked at manual labor to support himself and
his large family, and never pastored a church full-time. Early in his ministry he moved his family to West Texas to work in the cotton fields which seemed to extend to the horizon. In the late 1930’s
John and his brother-in-law, Tiff Covington, held a six weeks long revival meeting in a brush arbor at Buffalo Springs, Texas. At the end of the revival they baptized one hundred twenty converts in a stock tank. In other states a stock tank would be called a pond.
During World War II there were not enough Free Will Baptist preachers for all of the
small, rural churches to each have a pastor. During this time he pastored four churches at once, preaching at each of them one Sunday per month. He was widely admired as being an effective preacher and he was called upon frequently to speak at district and state meetings in Texas.
He retired from active ministry at the age of seventy-six. He passed away on February 24,
1973. His beloved wife Edith passed away on September 22, 1985, at the age of ninety-five. They are buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery, in Clay County, Texas.
Rev. John A. Brooks
John Andrew Brooks was born on June 9, 1893, in Gravette, Arkansas. He migrated to
Texas with his family and in 1912 he married Edith Covington, sister of Rev. Tiff Covington. John and Edith had ten children. John was ordained to the gospel ministry on August 14, 1912, by the West Fork District Association of Free Will Baptists. In the 1920’s he attended one semester at Decatur Baptist College in Decatur, Texas.
John Brooks had a long and distinguished ministry. He pastored about a dozen churches,
all of them in the West Fork Association. He founded the First Free Will Baptist Church of
Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1952. Preaching revival meetings took him to Oklahoma and New Mexico occasionally.
During the many years of his ministry he worked at manual labor to support himself and
his large family, and never pastored a church full-time. Early in his ministry he moved his family to West Texas to work in the cotton fields which seemed to extend to the horizon. In the late 1930’s
John and his brother-in-law, Tiff Covington, held a six weeks long revival meeting in a brush arbor at Buffalo Springs, Texas. At the end of the revival they baptized one hundred twenty converts in a stock tank. In other states a stock tank would be called a pond.
During World War II there were not enough Free Will Baptist preachers for all of the
small, rural churches to each have a pastor. During this time he pastored four churches at once, preaching at each of them one Sunday per month. He was widely admired as being an effective preacher and he was called upon frequently to speak at district and state meetings in Texas.
He retired from active ministry at the age of seventy-six. He passed away on February 24,
1973. His beloved wife Edith passed away on September 22, 1985, at the age of ninety-five. They are buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery, in Clay County, Texas.
John Andrew Brooks was born on June 9, 1893, in Gravette, Arkansas. He migrated to
Texas with his family and in 1912 he married Edith Covington, sister of Rev. Tiff Covington. John and Edith had ten children. John was ordained to the gospel ministry on August 14, 1912, by the West Fork District Association of Free Will Baptists. In the 1920’s he attended one semester at Decatur Baptist College in Decatur, Texas.
John Brooks had a long and distinguished ministry. He pastored about a dozen churches,
all of them in the West Fork Association. He founded the First Free Will Baptist Church of
Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1952. Preaching revival meetings took him to Oklahoma and New Mexico occasionally.
During the many years of his ministry he worked at manual labor to support himself and
his large family, and never pastored a church full-time. Early in his ministry he moved his family to West Texas to work in the cotton fields which seemed to extend to the horizon. In the late 1930’s
John and his brother-in-law, Tiff Covington, held a six weeks long revival meeting in a brush arbor at Buffalo Springs, Texas. At the end of the revival they baptized one hundred twenty converts in a stock tank. In other states a stock tank would be called a pond.
During World War II there were not enough Free Will Baptist preachers for all of the
small, rural churches to each have a pastor. During this time he pastored four churches at once, preaching at each of them one Sunday per month. He was widely admired as being an effective preacher and he was called upon frequently to speak at district and state meetings in Texas.
He retired from active ministry at the age of seventy-six. He passed away on February 24,
1973. His beloved wife Edith passed away on September 22, 1985, at the age of ninety-five. They are buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery, in Clay County, Texas.
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