Dawson Family of Faith
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Dawson Memorial Baptist Church (originally Edgewood Baptist Church) is a large Baptist church, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, located at 1114 Oxmoor Road in the Edgewood neighborhood of Homewood. The church was renamed in memory of Dr. Lemuel Dawson.
According to figures compiled in 2005 by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Dawson's average weekly attendance approximates 2,500.
Pastors
- Samuel Heath (1920)
- Lemuel Dawson (1925 - 1938)
- James H. Chapman, interim (1938)
- J. Ivey Edwards (1938 - 1947)
- William M. Vines, interim (1947 - 1948)
- Edgar Arendall (1948 - 1984)
- Landrum Leavell (1984 - 1987)
- James A. Newell (1987 - 1990)
- Ralph Langley, interim (1990 - 1991)
- Gary Fenton (1991 - current)
References
- Atchison, Ray M. & Doris Teague Atchison (1999) Light in the Valley: History of Dawson Memorial Baptist Church. Birmingham: Dawson Memorial Baptist Church.
External links
- Dawson Memorial Baptist Church website