J. L. Gross

J. L. Gross served as pastor of the Washington church from  September1893 to September 1899. During 1895 the church was lighted with electricity. In 1897 the church organized a Baptist Young People's Union (B.Y.P.U.), later Baptist Training Union (B.T.U.), with Dr. Gross as its first president.

The Spirit of Missions," by Rev. J. L. Gross, of Washington

 - His first church work was at Washington, Ga. He then accepted a call to Griffin, Ga., and from there went to Selma, Alabama, whence he came to Houston in 1905.