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'''Shades Crest Baptist Church''' is a 1,700-member Baptist church located at 452 [[Park Avenue (Bluff Park)|Park Avenue]] in [[Bluff Park]]. | '''Shades Crest Baptist Church''' is a 1,700-member Baptist church located at 452 [[Park Avenue (Bluff Park)|Park Avenue]] in [[Bluff Park]]. [[Dennis Tanner]] is serving as interim pastor. | ||
The church was organized on [[May 16]], [[1954]], and was sponsored jointly by [[Southside Baptist Church]] and [[Dawson Family of Faith|Dawson Memorial Baptist Church]]. It had a charter membership of 45 people. | |||
The original church building, a small sanctuary with adjoining Sunday School rooms, was incorporated into the much larger Rockland Building, completed in [[1967]]. The first of the current stained-glass windows were installed in [[1988]]. | The original church building, a small sanctuary with adjoining Sunday School rooms, was incorporated into the much larger Rockland Building, completed in [[1967]]. The first of the current stained-glass windows were installed in [[1988]]. | ||
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==Pastors== | |||
* [[John Norman]], 1954– | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* "[https://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4017coll2/id/11542/rec/20 Baptists Will Break Ground March 6 for $70,000 Unit]" (n.d.) {{BPH}} - via {{BPLDC}} | |||
* "[http://www.hooverhistoricalsociety.org/newsletter.pdf Shades Crest Baptist Church]" (March 2011) ''Hoover Historical Happenings''. Vol. 22, No. 4 | * "[http://www.hooverhistoricalsociety.org/newsletter.pdf Shades Crest Baptist Church]" (March 2011) ''Hoover Historical Happenings''. Vol. 22, No. 4 | ||
Revision as of 11:24, 6 October 2020
Shades Crest Baptist Church is a 1,700-member Baptist church located at 452 Park Avenue in Bluff Park. Dennis Tanner is serving as interim pastor.
The church was organized on May 16, 1954, and was sponsored jointly by Southside Baptist Church and Dawson Memorial Baptist Church. It had a charter membership of 45 people.
The original church building, a small sanctuary with adjoining Sunday School rooms, was incorporated into the much larger Rockland Building, completed in 1967. The first of the current stained-glass windows were installed in 1988.
Pastors
- John Norman, 1954–
References
- "Baptists Will Break Ground March 6 for $70,000 Unit" (n.d.) Birmingham Post-Herald - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
- "Shades Crest Baptist Church" (March 2011) Hoover Historical Happenings. Vol. 22, No. 4
External links
- Shades Crest Baptist Church website