The history of the Texas Conference is a storied one, full of ups and downs, but that history has shaped who we are today—a multicultural group of more than 68,000 members, representing countless nationalities, within 354 congregations and 21 schools.

We recently celebrated 145 years since the Texas Conference was organized in 1879, so we wanted to feature some of that history. Compiling it required someone to search through files and articles. We are grateful to Keene Seventh-day Adventist Church member Kitty Evans for her work in highlighting that history and scanning pictures to document the efforts of our pioneers. We will continue to add historical items, as they are discovered, at Texas-

Adventist.org/history.

By Tamara Michalenko Terry