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The church building in 1907. The church was founded in 1848 in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. [1] Charles Stanley, joined the staff in 1969 and became senior pastor in 1971. [2] [3] In the late 20th century, a commercial facility was purchased on Atlanta's Interstate 285 and the church relocated to the larger, more accessible property in DeKalb ...
Ebenezer Baptist Church is a Baptist megachurch located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, affiliated with the Progressive National Baptist Convention and American Baptist Churches USA. It was the church where Dr. Martin Luther King Sr. was co-pastor together with his sons Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1960 until his assassination in 1968 ...
Charles Frazier Stanley Jr. (September 25, 1932 – April 18, 2023) was an American Southern Baptist pastor and writer. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020. [2] [3] [4] He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries which widely broadcasts his sermons through television ...
Hall served as youth pastor to the First Baptist Church of Samson, Alabama and other churches while pursuing a music degree at the Baptist College of Florida. Upon earning his degree, Mark and his wife Melanie moved to Loganville, Georgia, where he served as the Minister of Music and Students at Center Hill Baptist Church. In each church he ...
First Baptist Church (Atlanta), a megachurch in Dunwoody; First Baptist Church (Augusta, Georgia), a former Baptist church and historic site listed on the NRHP in Richmond County; First Baptist Church (Columbus, Georgia), part of Church Square which is listed on the NRHP in Muscogee County
1960 – "Why Jesus Called A Man A Fool", Sunday May 15, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta [14] Possibly the first time King delivered a variation of this sermon, see 27 August 1967 below; 1963 – "Eulogy for the Martyred Children" (victims of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing), Wednesday September 18, Birmingham, Alabama [15]
In 1942, he accepted his first pastorate at Fourth Ward Baptist Church in Ennis, Texas. In August 1952, he was named pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in San Diego where he served until retiring in 1993. [3] During Lockridge's tenure at Calvary Baptist, a predominantly African-American congregation, his ministry reached more than 100,000 people. [2]
Ralph David Abernathy Sr. (/ ˈ æ b ər n æ θ i /; March 11, 1926 – April 17, 1990) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister.He was ordained in the Baptist tradition in 1948.