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History of McCalla Avenue Baptist Church by Jimmy Burkhardt, 1971 |
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| Attendance & Offering Records |
These records were started in 1945. They are bound and can be found in our Church Library. They consist of the weekly Church Bulletin. Dr. Charles Bowles was pastor at this time.
For 1945-1946 the proposed budget was $24,000.00 total.
| Year | Date | Sunday School | McCalla Mission S. S. | S. S. Total | Training Union | McCalla Mission T. U. | T. U. Total | Offering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | May 6 One new member |
425 | ||||||
| November 18 Six new members |
583 | 118 | ||||||
| 1946 | January 6 | 439 | 76 | $858.24 | ||||
| December 8 | 568 | 73 | 764 [sic] | 128 | 40 | 168 | ||
| 1947 | January 19 | 551 | 62 | 613 | 136 | 31 | 167 | $707.21 |
| December 28 | 709 | $860.02 | ||||||
| 1948 | January 11 Additions 5 |
556 | 85 | 641 | 202 | 58 | 260 | $1,005.14 |
| December 19 Additions 5 |
611 | 117 | 728 | 124 | 76 | 200 | $740.74 | |
| Financial statement showed balance on hand $5,192.61. | ||||||||
| 1949 |
January 9 |
646 | 125 | 771 | 140 | 69 | 209 | $1,056.32 |
| December 4 | 698 | 184 | $801.06 | |||||
| Rev. Charles Bowles served through May 15 as Pastor. Dr. Fred Brown served as Interim Pastor. Rev. E. Warren Rust became pastor September 11, 1949. | ||||||||
| 1950 | January 15 Additions 2 |
637 | 145 | $841.06 | ||||
| December 3 Additions 1 |
640 | 157 | $1,221.84 | |||||
| 1951 | January 14 Additions 4 |
675 | 186 | $839.20 | ||||
| December 30 Additions 6 |
634 | 44 | 678 | 188 | $1,262.47 | |||
| 1952 | January 13 | 715 | 206 | $1,545.85 | ||||
| December 28 Additions 1 |
701 | 90 | 791 | 194 | 124 | 318 | ||
| 1953 | January 11 Additions 3 |
674 | 96 | 770 | $1,392.07 | |||
| December 20 Additions 1 |
783 | 100 | 883 | 257 | 63 | 320 | ||
| 1954 | January 17 Additions 2 - Two Worship services |
745 | 96 | 841 | 232 | 43 | 275 | $1,707.13 + $68.00 = $2,776.03 |
| 1955 | January 9 Additions 1 |
884 | 96 | 843 | 137 | 54 | 191 | $2,290.83 |
| December 9 New Member 1 |
841 | 119 | 950 | 231 | 59 | 390 | $1,893.09 | |
| 1957 | January 13 Additions 2 |
885 | 107 | 992 | 197 | 49 | 246 | $1,966.67 |
| December 15 Additions 1 |
814 | 108 | 992 | 184 | 38 | 222 | $2,084.09 | |
| 1958 | January 12 | 859 | 82 | 941 | 189 | 48 | 237 | $2,445.92 |
| December 14 | 806 | 102 | 908 | 183 | 47 | 230 | $2,006.46 | |
| Rev. Rust resigned in June. Rev. T. C. Wyatt was interim pastor from June until October when Rev. L. T. Hastings took his place. | ||||||||
| 1959 | January 11 | 859 | 189 | $2,226.78 | ||||
| December 13 Additions 3 |
890 | 254 | $3,141.91 | |||||
| Rev. Alastair C. Walker became pastor in April. | ||||||||
| 1960 | December 24 [sic] Additions 9 |
867 | 254 | $2,340.85 | ||||
| December 24 | 830 | 301 | $2,737.05 | |||||
| 1961 | January 19 Additions 6 |
850 | 282 | $2,638.55 | ||||
| December 3 | 775 | 278 | $2,855.36 | |||||
| Lottie Moon to help Fraziers in Nigeria. | ||||||||
| 1962 | January 21 Additions 4 |
764 | 281 | $2,328.58 | ||||
| December 6 Additions 5 |
841 | 300 | $2,626.73 | |||||
| Rev. Walker resigned in April, 1962. Rev. Raymond Smith begins as pastor in Sept. 1962. | ||||||||
| 1963 | January 6 | 794 | 308 | $2,598.54 | ||||
| December 1 Additions 2 (by letter) |
845 | 307 | $2,927.28 | |||||
| 1964 | January 5 Additions 1 (for baptism) |
865 | 321 | $2,855.15 | ||||
| December 13 | 877 | 235 | $3,801.55 | |||||
| 1965? | December 12 | 799 | 258 | $2,718.32 | ||||
| 1966 | January 9 | 777 | 239 | $3,184.81 | ||||
| December 11 Additions 2 (by letter) |
757 | 204 | $2,607.63 | |||||
| 1967 | January 15 Additions 2 (by letter) |
727 | 214 | $2,782.17 | ||||
| December 14 Additions 1 (for baptism) |
668 | 218 | $2,868.57 | |||||
| 1968 | January 21 | 703 | 170 | $3,282.19 | ||||
| December 19 | 668 | 154 | $3,025.89 (regular) | |||||
| 1969 | January 12 Additions 1 (for baptism) |
600 | 172 | $2,414.35 | ||||
| Rev. James Ivey Interim pastor in [sic] January 30, 1969. | ||||||||
| 1970 | January 18 Additions 2 |
623 | 173 | $4,561.48 | ||||
| December 20 | 571 | 135 | $3,938. 70 (Lottie Moon $1,257.07) | |||||
| 1971 | January 17 | 585 | 141 | $2,807.92 | ||||
| October 24 | 553 | 130 | ||||||
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