Archive: Orphans

Touring Buckner

Posted on: Nov 28, 2014        In: Out and About        With: No comments
R.C. Buckner had a deep love for children – especially orphaned children.  In 1877 he organized a deacon conference with the intent of founding an orphans’ home.  The twenty-six deacons, and one pastor each donated one dollar, and that twenty-seven dollars was the beginning of Buckner Orphans’ Home.  In 1879 the first three orphans were […]