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Population: 37,409; Atlanta surpasses Savannah as Georgia's largest city. [7] 1881 Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary and Morris Brown Colored College founded. International Cotton Exposition held. [5] 1882 - Atlanta Fire Rescue Department established. 1883 Atlanta Journal newspaper begins publication. [12] Capital City Club established. 1885 ...
William Holmes Borders Sr. (24 February 1905 – 23 November 1993) [1] was an American civil rights activist and leader and pastor of Wheat Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia from 1937 to 1988.
The Old Clinton Historic District, also known as Old Clinton, is a 290 acres (1.2 km 2) historic district in Clinton, Georgia which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1] It then included 11 contributing buildings and it included Georgian Revival architecture. [1] Amongst its notable buildings are:
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 ...
More than 45 years ago, Williams’ grandmother had donated her northwest Atlanta house to become the church. But Williams says the church didn’t even realize tax bills were coming in since they ...
Cameron M. Alexander (February 12, 1932 – December 30, 2018) was an American Baptist minister. He was the leader of the 12,000-member Antioch Baptist Church North and community leader in the English Avenue neighborhood (also known as part of "The Bluff") in Atlanta.
Born in rural Dry Fork, Virginia, Stanley was senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta for 50 years. The church grew rapidly after he became its leader in 1971, moving from central Atlanta ...
Mark Dever - Senior pastor of the Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. James T. Draper, Jr. - Southern Baptist Convention president from 1982–1984; Ronnie Floyd - former Senior Pastor of Cross Church and The Church At Pinnacle Hills, and is an author; Steve Gaines - Pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee