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A new church is born. Like many Austin churches, Ebenezer started in someone's home, in this case, that of Eliza Hawkins. In 1875, a full 18 members met at her residence at 1104 E. 10th St.
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 ...
In 1975, he became senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. [4] He founded a ministry for teenage mothers, tutoring programs and a food cooperative . [ 5 ] During his ministry, the church welcomed more than 2,000 new members, which caused him to plan the construction of a new building including a 1700-seat auditorium, opposite ...
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks during a drive-in rally for U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock at Pullman Yard on December 15, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Since 1981, the center has been housed in a building that is part of the King complex located on Auburn Avenue adjacent to Ebenezer Baptist Church. [14] The King Center in 2016, close to the Ebenezer Baptist Church, at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. In 1977, a memorial tomb was dedicated to King.
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By 1834 the congregation had split into these two camps, but both continued to use the church. A fire in 1855 may have spurred the construction of a new church for the New School congregation immediately adjacent to the old church. [3] The Ebenezer Baptist Churches were placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1994. [1]
Martin Luther King Jr. (left), Henry Elkins (center), and Alberta Williams King (right) at Ebenezer, 1962 Alberta Christine Williams was born on September 13, 1904. [2] Her parents were Reverend Adam Daniel Williams, at the time preacher of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and Jennie Celeste (Parks) Williams. [3]