In 1960, Lilly Grove Missionary Baptist Church was first organized in a small frame building at 3602 Drew Street in the Third Ward area of Houston under the leadership of Reverend Norris Terry.Reverend Terry resigned as Pastor after four years of service. Reverend Willie E. Powell was called to pastor the small congregation in 1964. Plans were made to move the church from the original location on Drew Street, to the LaSalette subdivision, on the corner of Idaho and Tierwester.