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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 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'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.
The Akron Press joined in 1925 with Akron Times to be The Akron Times-Press. The Barberton Herald (1923-2022) [2] Celina Democrat (1895–1921) [3] The Cedarville Herald (from July 1890 to December 1954) [4] Cincinnati Herald; The Cincinnati Post (1881–2007) [5] Cincinnati Times-Star (1880–1958) [6] Cincinnati Volksfreund; Cleveland Leader [7]
St. John the Baptist 1034 Brown St, Akron Founded in 1907 for Slovak immigrants. [48] St. Mary 750 S Main St, Akron [49] St. Matthew 2603 Benton Ave, Akron Founded in 1943, church dedicated in 1946 [50] St. Paul 433 Mission Dr, Akron Founded in 1919, church dedicated in 2003 [51] St. Sebastian 476 Mull Ave, Akron
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His first congregation was a small storefront church in Nutter Fort, West Virginia. Later, he served thirty years (1928 to 1959) as the pastor of Southside Alliance Church in Chicago; the final years of his life he spent as pastor of Avenue Road Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Observing contemporary Christian living, Tozer felt that the ...