Choose wisely.

trollin' or care to elaborate?

Huh?

It's the same church.....

National stories on the recent Maroon Wall listed the church as being in CS, whereas it's physically in Bryan, though mailing address is CS. That's what OP is referring to.

Is your name Clair Voyant?

I would actually like to know the reasoning behind the branding of Central Baptist, College Station in some circumstances, and I mean from the church itself, while physically being mostly in Bryan(some is in the county iirc), and the website is cbcbryan last I checked.
Is this an attempt to get all those rich north Houston suburbanites, (excuse me, I meant to type upper income College Stationites, darn iPhone autocorrect), to join and give money, or to appeal to college students? Just wondering...

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I think they just built right on the city limit line.

Scotch is the man.

I think the land was donated.

Cbcbryan was the website created when the church was still on Coulter in Bryan and they just kept the same URL. Also, when it was in Bryan it was pretty much right in the middle of Bryan (hints the name central). Now, it's right on the city line(which again, hints the name Central). Now with all that being said, what's it really matter?

The land was not donated. CBC purchased the property.
The church, itself, is incorporated under the name "CBC Bryan".
I suspect the recent references to "CBC College Station" during the WBC drama were because of the direct link between TAMU and College Station. Most people tie TAMU and College Station together.
If the "Maroon Wall" had been tied to "CBC Bryan" in the media, the rest of the world may not have put the pieces together.

The land was not donated. The front portion was purchased originally and the wooded area in the back was purchased a couple years later.
I'm still not sure of the point of this thread. The church serves Bryan and College Station. It's pretty much on the boundary between the two cities. I highly doubt it's a sinister plot to attract rich College Stationites.

Toolshed is right...there isn't a sinister plot to lure "rich people" to CBC. There is, however, a full frontal attack on drawing all people to the person of Jesus Christ.

Who cares?

Central Baptist Church of Harvey, formerly of Bryan.

Bryan also has 3 country clubs, whereas College Station only has one, so explain to me the "Rich College Station" thing....cause I don't get it...

(Students makes sense as TAMU is in CS, but well we all know students are not wealthy)

Last time I checked, Miramont and Traditions were located in Bryan. I think a few rich people live there. But that could have changed, I'll report back in a bit...
(edit: to scotch, not Saratoga)

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Don't ask me, you're preaching to the choir. Ask "Central Baptist, College Station".

Troll

One can't force people to refer to oneself a certain way.

For some reason, I can't get anyone to refer to me as "King Bqaggie86". Instead, I keep getting referred to as "That jackwad, Bqaggie86".

I don't want to force them to say they are in the city they actually are in, I just wonder why they say they are in a city they aren't.

Their mailing address is CS through no fault of their own.

I know a prof who lives in Brazos Co. But their mailing address is in Hearne. They're zoned for Bryan schools. So, yeah these things happen.

Edit typo

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Mailing addresses (Bryan vs College Station) are tied to the post office that delivers the mail. The fact that they were in Bryan from 1925 until 2003 probably has something to do with the Central Baptist Church, Bryan (cbcbryan.org) website. Although I have yet to find anywhere on their website or anywhere else that they have claimed Bryan or College Station.

Oh, and by the way, the city limits for College Station stop on the west side of FM 158/SH 30. The City of Bryan's limits include land along the east side to about 800' off the roadway down to Cole Lane.

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I just know them as "Central Baptist"

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I don't want to force them to say they are in the city they actually are in, I just wonder why they say they are in a city they aren't.

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Again, they are located on the line between the two towns, physically in Bryan, with a College Station address. So the claim of either seems valid, not that it matters in the least bit either way.

/done with answering a troll

Not sure what the big deal is. We still call ourselves "Texas" A&M even though all of our Big XII critics have assured everyone we have moved out of state.

I call it Texas A&M, Bryan because the campus shares miles of border with Bryan.

I agree it doesn't matter. "Central Baptist Church" is what's on the entrance. People who live here and attend that church don't make a big deal of its location. People from both cities attend that church, and the church is happy to have them. It was to highlight the contributions of the good people who made the Maroon Wall. I'm sure national media and non-Texans have no idea about the University other than it is in College Station, where most of the members of the Wall came from.