Bethany (Colored) Baptist Church
1871 - Present
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The Bethany Baptist
Church was organized in 1871 at a meeting held at 77 Commerce Street. A
brick church was built on Bank Street, near Washington Street in 1878. In
November, 1905 the church moved to 267 Bank Street which was formerly occupied
by the Fairmount Baptist Church.
| Reverend |
From |
To |
| Ebenezer Burd |
1871 |
1872 |
| John Collins |
1872 |
1873 |
| Spencer Harris |
1873 |
1875 |
| William Hill |
1876 |
1877 |
| William Jackson |
1878 |
1884 |
| C. H. Garlick |
1885 |
1900 |
| E. Elliott |
1900 |
1903 |
| R. D. Wynn |
1903 |
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| William P. Hayes |
1940 |
1963 |
| James Arthur Scott |
1963 |
2000 |
| M. William Howard |
2000 |
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| Address |
From |
To |
| 77 Commerce Street |
1871 |
1874 |
| 202 Market Street |
1875 |
1878 |
| 55, 61 Bank n. Washington |
1878 |
1886 |
| 415 Broad Street |
1887 |
1905 |
| 267 Bank Street |
November, 1905 |
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| 117 West Market Street |
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1977 |
| 275 West Market Street |
1977 |
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ARCHIVE INFORMATION:
Record of Baptisms, Members, and Deaths (in Church Minutes) from 1878 in the custody of
the Church Clerk( possible address at 62 Muhammad Ali Ave.)
