NorthPark Church
NorthPark Church, formerly Roebuck Park Baptist Church and NorthPark Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist church located at 5700 Deerfoot Parkway in Trussville.
The need for a church in the Roebuck Park community was recognized by the Birmingham Baptist Pastors Conference in the early 1950s. In 1953 the group disbursed $1,000 each to the pastors of Huffman Baptist Church and 85th Street Baptist Church to purchase property for a new mission. The new church was organized with 9 charter members on March 14, 1954 under the sponsorship of 66th Street Baptist Church. It began meeting in houses, initially at 456 Ridge Road, and later at 8701 4th Avenue South, and had grown to 70 members by the time it was formally recognized on March 20, 1955.
On January 27, 1957 Roebuck Park Baptist Church, which then boasted 365 members, dedicated the first $118,000 phase of a planned $800,000 church campus at 216 Roebuck Drive. The building accommodated 44 Sunday School classrooms with 8 assembly rooms, and housed a temporary auditorium to seat 460. Architect Lawrence Whitten designed the building, which was built by Richard Hoar. The second phase included an 1,100-seat sanctuary. The church completed a new $128,000 educational building in 1964. By then, membership was 848.
Roebuck Park Baptist Church relocated to Hewitt-Trussville High School in 2000, leasing its former building to the New Life Evangelistic Worship Center. It is presently the home of Integrity Bible Church and Integrity Christian Academy.
The church's new 42-acre campus was designed by CTSM Architects. The original church building was constructed for $7.6 million in 2002. An $8 million education building was added in 2007.
In 2012 the Jefferson County Board of Registrars established a new polling location at NorthPark Baptist Church. In 2023 the church received a $105,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to upgrade the energy efficiency of its lighting and mechanical systems.
Pastors
- Clinton Wood (1955–)
- James Chambers (1957)
- Frank Bowman (1964–January 1966)
- Daryl Jones (1967–1976)
- Doug Sager (1988–1990)
- Stephen Hall (executive pastor)
- Bill Wilks (lead pastor, 1999–)
References
- Weaver, Emmett (January 11, 1953) "Baptists Plan To Build Church In Roebuck Park." Birmingham Post-Herald - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
- "Roebuck Park Baptist To Open March 20." (March 12, 1955) The Birmingham News - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
- Weaver, Emmett (January 5, 1957) "New Roebuck Park Church To Open Officially Jan. 27." Birmingham Post-Herald - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
- "New Educational Building Ready." (September 10, 1964) The Birmingham News - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
- Cason, Mike (December 11, 2012) "Trussville to get new voting precinct at NorthPark Baptist Church." The Birmingham News
External links
- NorthPark Church website
- Photograph of Roebuck Park Baptist Church at Samford University Library, Special Collection Department