The Main Street Baptist Church (M.S.B.C.) was organized on June 16, 1885, by Rev. Horton with the assistance of Rev. W. Botts and his wife Sally, Henry Wilson, Travis Million, George Mc Carkle, Demp Hurt and Mildred Ewing Harris. These eight people held services at the Lincoln school house and formed the first Black Baptist Church in Excelsior Springs. In later years, land was purchased on Main and North streets so there this church was built and called the N.M.S.B.C. In 1900, Reverend Horton resigned and Rev. M.B. Johnson was called as pastor. Under his leadership, a parsonage was built on this land. On April 29,1919, several men from the Afro American community met at the church and organized the first all-Black cemetery in the city. The membership was encouraged to demolish the original church and to build a larger building. On Oct. 9, 1927, the church was demolished and $300 was raised toward construction of a new building. In 1928, Rev. F.P. Jones laid the foundation and…