St. John's Episcopal Church and Cemetery - Thibodaux, LA. Cornerstone laid by Bishop Leonidas K. Polk on February 9, 1843. The cemetery hold the tomb of Francis Tillou Nicholls, Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army, twice Governor of Louisiana and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. It was for him that Nicholls State University in Thibodaux . It is the oldest remaining church building of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River. More here
See Brave New Church via First Things. Also we learn that people are now attending Assemblies of God churches on weekday nights than worship in Episcopal Churches on Sunday mornings. See Assemblies of God Eclipses Episcopal Church.
When you think what the last few decades have brought on this body it is overwhelming.
When you think what the last few decades have brought on this body it is overwhelming.
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