History

The Church of Christ in Killeen was organized in 1884, with four charter members. J.D. Tant, a well-known restoration preacher, claimed in his writings to be the first preacher for the newly formed church. This was in 1886.

In 1893, A.J. McCarty worked with the church and the membership grew to about 150 souls. The church has maintained a place of worship all these years in Killeen.

Many well-known preachers have preached in Killeen. Charles Goodnight, Jr., who preached in Killeen for a number of years, wrote a short history of the church in which he included a number of the preachers who have held meetings, or have otherwise spoken here on a number of occasions.

Here are some of the names he listed:

J.D. Tant, Lawrence W. Scott, Joe Warlick, T.W. Phillips, A.B.. Barrett, C.R. Nichol, G.A. Dunn, Sr., Gus Dunn, Jr., Joe Sprott, A.W. Young, Cled Wallace, G. Dallas Smith, Foy Wallace, O.C. Lambert, Claude McClung, Price Billingsley, John Rice, C.M. Stubblefield, Paul Wallace, Tom Wallace, John Banister, W.T. Hamilton, Ross Dye, Roy H. Lanier, V.E. Howard, Wilson Wallace, Charles Goodnight, Jr., J. Early Arceneaux, James Fry, Wallace Gooch, Murray Marshall, H.R. Little, and Rollo Tinkler.

The W.S. Young Drive congregation is the original church, having moved from the downtown location to its present place of worship. Situation on the east side of the city, the W.S. Young Drive congregation has a beautiful modern building situated on thirteen acres of land.

The membership now stands at 365 members. There are five elders, eleven deacons and three ministers.