Jackson Street Baptist Church
Jackson Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church located at 230 63rd Street South in South Woodlawn.
It was founded in 1869 by former slaves who voted to withdraw from Ruhama Baptist Church in East Lake and organize their own congregation. They named it Dry Branch Baptist Church. On April 4, 1888 the name Colored Baptist Church, Inc. was adopted and in 1890 the church was named Jackson Street Baptist Church for its location. The first building on the present site opened in 1891.
In 1931 Pastor J. A. Martin and some church members withdrew from the congregation and founded First Baptist Church of Woodlawn a few blocks away.
The brick Gothic revival building standing on June 4, 1994, was destroyed in a wind storm. The current building was subsequently erected on the same site.
Because of its role in the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights it was recognized as a "movement church" by the Birmingham Historical Society.
Pastors
- James Eason, 1913–1934
- J.E. Moss, 1942–1957
- J.C. Parker, 1957–1972
References
- 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
- Bains, David R. (July 10, 2022) Jackson Street Baptist Church (Birmingham Churches and Their Cornerstones) Chasing Churches