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Akron's plan to level the site of one of the country's first megachurches is moving full speed ahead. The former Akron Baptist Temple campus, most recently known as The Word Church, is just a few ...
Billington quit Goodyear and organized Akron Baptist Temple on Easter 1935 with more than 80 charter members. Months later, over 500 people belonged. In 1937, they built a $60,000 church near Rimer.
Akron Baptist Temple sold the church and its 29 acres in June 2018 for $1.5 million to The Word Church. Overextended and underattended, The Word put a $3.9 million for-sale sign on the location up ...
Akron Baptist Temple's structure has received some criticism, with the church being reproved for its focus on evangelism at the expense of educating its members and its fundamentalist doctrines. [7] [2] Billington claimed the church was intentionally structured to appeal to Appalachian people who had come to work in Akron's rubber industry. [2] [4]
Akron Baptist Temple; B. Bedford Baptist Church; Bethel Baptist Church (Pataskala, Ohio) C. Columbia Baptist Church; E. Elks Lodge (Lima, Ohio) F. First Baptist ...
Akron Baptist Temple's 1949 sanctuary building ... that Akron Baptist Temple (pictured) once featured 6-foot-tall (1.8 m) red lettering that flashed? ... that although some casting directors found Jack Ferver difficult to believe as an 18-year-old, Ferver would later portray Little Lad in a Starburst advertisement?
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With limited options for reuse and a county appraisal of nearly $5.4 million, Akron Baptist Temple sold its megachurch and 29 acres on Manchester Road in June 2018 for $1.5 million.