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* "BUCO completes $1.5M project for St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Powderly" (March 22, 2006) {{BBJ}}
* "BUCO completes $1.5M project for St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Powderly" (March 22, 2006) {{BBJ}}
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* Bains, David R. (January 27, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.com/2024/01/27/greater-st-john-baptist-church/ "Greater St John Baptist Church"]. ''Chasing Churches''


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Revision as of 19:28, 27 January 2024

Greater St John Baptist Church, formerly known as Second Baptist Church, St John Baptist Church and St John Missionary Baptist Church, is a large church located at 2401 Carlos Avenue in the in the Powderly neighborhood. It was established in 1910. Initially known as Second Baptist Church adopted the name St John Baptist Church in 1931 It was recognized as one of the Movement churches by the Birmingham Historical Society for its role in the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in the 1950s and 60s. The senior pastor is Nathaniel Brooks

A new $1.5 million, 10,500 square foot brick sanctuary building was completed in 2006 by BUCO Building Constructors, who performed design-build services for the project.

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  • "BUCO completes $1.5M project for St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Powderly" (March 22, 2006) Birmingham Business Journal
  • White, Marjorie Longenecker (1998) A Walk to Freedom: The Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, 1956-1964. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society. ISBN 0943994241
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