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In a few months,)new First Baptist Church will stand on this barren spot at fifth and Penn streets iu Downtown Fort Worth. The official groundbreaking ceremonies are underway, and a large number of the churches congregation gathers for the ritual. Guest speaker is Congressman Jim Wright who congratulates the church on its proposed 2 and a h&lf million dollar new building. The Reverends Homers and Omer Ritchie, the churchtE assistant ' excavate the first
faster and pastor, shovelfuls of earth at the building site.
Mayor
Friedman, and the Fort Worth City Council are among the special guests at the grounbreaking. complex will The new church w feature an auditorium in the round, seating approximately 3-theusand1 topped by a dome described as an architect rual miracle "030.E
Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a ceremony about a new opening church called the First Baptist Church.
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