in the Christian Church and is considered to be the founder of the Antioch Christian
Church. In an article telling about the founding of the church, it is noted that “Young
Mims’ mother had been reading the New Testament and left another church to accept
the Christian Church doctrines.”
County was held in the Baptist church one half mile north of Pittsburg, MO
by elder Mims Pitts in 1843. A brush arbor was built later on elder Mims
Pitts farm, at present the Clester Pitts farm, one and one fourth miles west
Mims Pitts lived and died.
The Elders were Lewis Edwards, Young Mims Pitts, and E. J. Kendall,
grandfather of the Mallonees. Young Mims lived about 1/2 mile north of the
present church site. The Baptist people permitted them to hold services in
their church building for some time. Later they moved their place of worship
to the Dorman log school-house, which was located on the present Ben L.
Mallonee farm. Elder Edwards, Mims Pitts, E. J. Kendall and A. J. Pitts
were organizers and early leaders of the church. The congregation met
in different homes
for worship and
communion.
Andrew Jackson
Pitts came to the
County in 1845
and very soon
became an early leader in the church.
The church often met in his home for worship. Young Mimms served as one
of the preachers for several years. Rev. John Belcher reorganized the
church in 1858 with Y. M. Pitts and
William Coon as Elders and A. J. Pitts as
Deacon. Colonel B. D. Smith preached
for the church before the Civil War and
in the early 1870’s.
It was located in the south west corner of
the present cemetery. The lumber for it
was hauled from the Piney Mills south
wagons, taking seven or eight days to
make the trip. Elder Mims Pitts, Uncle
Newt Pitts, and Uncle Newt Brannon were
three of the men who braved the snow
storms and all kinds of weather to help
haul the lumber to build their church.
While they were building the church house, a man came by and remarked,
“You are building another Antioch, are you?” So they decided Antioch would
prompted by the popularity of the Primitive Baptists, who were also called
Antioch Baptists.
served the congregation. As the congregation grew, the building could not hold
or seat all the people. Plans began for a larger house of worship across the
After a basket dinner at noon, a Brother Davis of Dallas County preached in
congregation held two annual basket dinners - one on Decoration Day, the
resulting in 53 additions.
By 1905, Antioch had “mothered” four more
Christian Churches in Hickory County:
• Quincy Christian Church - est. 1875
• Cross Timbers Christian Church - est. 1888
• Elkton Christian Church - est. 1898
• Hermitage Christian Church - est. 1905.
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