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Baines and his family left Crooked Creek in Arkansas and moved south to Mount Lebanon in Bienville Parish in north Louisiana. He was the Bienville Parish superintendent of schools and also the founding minister on September 7, 1844, of the Saline Baptist Church, later the Old Saline Baptist Church, which maintains a cemetery. Baines pastored at Old Saline until 1848,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://virts.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~markie/cem4os.htm|title=Old Saline Cemetery|publisher=Virts.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 4, 2009}}</ref> when he relocated to neighboring Webster Parish and served as the first pastor of the Minden Baptist Church, later the First Baptist Church of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana. In 1969, Major dePingre, a journalist-turned-businessman and the brother-in-law of Baptist clergyman [[Bill Ichter]], published ''The History of the First Baptist Church of Minden, Louisiana.''<ref name=dict/>​

Baines and his family left Crooked Creek in Arkansas and moved south to Mount Lebanon in Bienville Parish in north Louisiana. He was the Bienville Parish superintendent of schools and also the founding minister on September 7, 1844, of the Saline Baptist Church, later the Old Saline Baptist Church, which maintains a cemetery. Baines pastored at Old Saline until 1848,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://virts.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~markie/cem4os.htm|title=Old Saline Cemetery|publisher=Virts.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 4, 2009}}</ref> when he relocated to neighboring Webster Parish and served as the first pastor of the Minden Baptist Church, later the First Baptist Church of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana. In 1969, Major dePingre, a journalist-turned-businessman and the brother-in-law of Baptist clergyman [[Bill Ichter]], published ''The History of the First Baptist Church of Minden, Louisiana.''<ref name=dict/>​

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Baines was the third minister of the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church and the moderator of the Red River Baptist Association. He assisted in the organization of the North Louisiana Baptist Convention in 1848.​<ref name=dict>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-b/|title=Baines, George Washington|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography,'' Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=October 2, 2019}}</ref

Baines was the third minister of the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church and the moderator of the Red River Baptist Association. He assisted in the organization of the North Louisiana Baptist Convention in 1848.​<ref name=dict>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-b/|title=Baines, George Washington|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography,'' Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=October 2, 2019}}</ref>

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==Pastor of eight churches in Texas==​

==Eight churches in Texas==​

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After his service at Mount Lebanon, Baines relocated to Huntsville, Texas, where he was the pastor of still another Baptist Church. Later, in Independence, Texas, Baines met the legendary [[Sam Houston]], who became a lifelong friend. Reverend Baines counseled Houston on the desirability of baptism after making a Christian commitment of faith. Consequently, Sam Houston was baptized in the last decade of his life on November 19, 1854, not by Baines, but by the Reverend Rufus C. Burleson, who had succeeded Baines as the pastor at the Independence Baptist Church.​

After his service at Mount Lebanon, Baines relocated to Huntsville, Texas, where he was the pastor of still another Baptist Church. Later, in Independence, Texas, Baines met the legendary [[Sam Houston]], who became a lifelong friend. Reverend Baines counseled Houston on the desirability of baptism after making a Christian commitment of faith. Consequently, Sam Houston was baptized in the last decade of his life on November 19, 1854, not by Baines, but by the Reverend Rufus C. Burleson, who had succeeded Baines as the pastor at the Independence Baptist Church.​

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*{{Handbook of Texas|id=fba14|name=Baines, George Washington, Sr.|author=Travis L. Summerlin|retrieved=December 23, 2008}}​

*{{Handbook of Texas|id=fba14|name=Baines, George Washington, Sr.|author=Travis L. Summerlin|retrieved=December 23, 2008}}​