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Bellevue Baptist was founded in 1903 by Central Baptist Church as a mission church on the outskirts of Memphis. With a small $1,000 gift from member Fannie Jobe, Pastor Thomas Potts led the congregation to build a one-room stone chapel at the corner of Bellevue and Erskine Avenues.
Union University. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. John Steven Gaines (born December 31, 1957) is an American Southern Baptist pastor who has served as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention. [1] He is currently serving at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova (a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee), one of the largest congregations ...
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He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Merritt Island, Florida from 1964 to 1972. In 1972, he became the senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, where he remained until March 2005. During this period, the church's membership grew from 9,000 to 29,000, and the church moved into a new, megachurch facility. [4]
Coordinates: 35.18256°N 89.814434°W. Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary is a Baptist theological institute located in Cordova in Shelby County, Tennessee (east of the City of Memphis). Dedicated to its mission of equipping biblical leaders, Mid-America offers fully accredited degree programs including graduate degrees through the ...
Memphis: 57: First Baptist Church: First Baptist Church: March 15, 2005 : 538 Linden Ave. Memphis: part of the Religious Resources of Memphis, Shelby County, TN MPS 58: First Baptist Church: First Baptist Church
1997, built in 1849. Location. 826 N Second St, Memphis, TN. Public transit access. MATA. The Burkle Estate is a historic home at 826 North Second Street in Memphis, Tennessee. It is also known as the Slavehaven. Although disputed by some historians, the Burkle Estate is claimed to have been part of the Underground Railroad - a secret network ...
Added to NRHP. February 11, 1971. Designated NHLDCP. July 29, 1993. Beale Street Baptist Church, also known as, First Baptist Church or Beale Avenue Baptist Church, is a historic church on Beale Street, in Memphis, Tennessee. It is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA . It was founded by a congregation of freed slaves.