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Robert Reed Church Sr. (June 18, 1839 – August 29, 1912) was an American entrepreneur, businessman and landowner in Memphis, Tennessee, who began his rise during the American Civil War. He was the first African-American "millionaire" in the South. [ 1 ]
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.
Robert Reed Church Jr. (October 26, 1885 – April 17, 1952) was a prominent businessman and Republican Party organizer in Memphis, Tennessee.His father was the successful businessman Robert Reed Church, and Church Jr. succeeded his father as president of the Solvent Savings Bank and Trust Company after his father's death.
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 resigned as senior pastor on September 22. 2024, to pursue an itinerant preaching ministry at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova (a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee), one of the largest congregations in the Southern Baptist Convention and has ...
Together with A. W. Willis, and Dr. J. T. Wilson, [2] he founded the Universal Life Insurance Company in Memphis, serving as its president until 1952. [3] Under his leadership, it became one of the largest black-owned insurance companies in the country. [2] [6] Walker was a civic leader who founded Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in 1922.
Life.Church logo. In January 1996, Life.Church was founded as Life Covenant Church in Oklahoma City with 40 congregants meeting together in a two-car garage. [1] The church membership grew rapidly, and Life.Church built its first facility (now known as the "Oklahoma City Campus") in 1999.
Memphis-based Self + Tucker Architects and Allword Project Management are helping with design and site planning, respectively. Clayborn Temple dates back to 1891 and was a key site during the 1968 ...
Memphis: 58: First Baptist Church: First Baptist Church: March 15, 2005 : 538 Linden Ave. Memphis: part of the Religious Resources of Memphis, Shelby County, TN MPS 59: First Baptist Church: First Baptist Church