This book is the story of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church that was organized in 1911 in Dallas, Texas, about eight years after Oak Cliff, Texas was annexed to the City of Dallas. The neighborhood in which the church was founded referred to itself as “The Bottom”—a seemingly godforsaken piece of earth. Early African American residents of Oak Cliff transformed this tough piece of real estate into a habitable space. Simple dwellings crowded the bank of the Trinity River which separated Dallas from Oak Cliff. Houses in The Bottom were frequently affected by the flooding of the river. While trying to make ends meet, a handful of residents in The Bottom responded to an evangelistic invitation to gather for worship. A small group met from house to house. Out of this spiritual hunger arose a worshiping congregation called Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. Within two decades of its founding, Golden Gate Baptist and Greater Shiloh Baptist came out of Shiloh and were established in the same geographical area. For one hundred years, Shiloh told its story by word of mouth and short rehearsals during observance of the church’s anniversary. Not uncommon for many churches, Shiloh did not have a substantial written history. The author, having been a member of this congregation during a portion of his college years, decided to provide a fuller account of this congregation’s story in celebration of its centennial in 2011. This book is a revision of the account produced for the church’s centennial. It records the joys and struggles of a small congregation that stayed in the same geographical area for over one hundred years, until it relocated to another area of the Oak Cliff neighborhood.