Knox County (1941) - Baptist Bodies

Excerpts from

"Directory of Churches, Missions, and Religious Institutions of Tennessee:

Knox County, Knoxville"

The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, Work Projects Administration

1941

Name & Location (as of 1941)	Name of Executive (as of 1941)
National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. Rev. David V. Jemison, President; Selma, Alabama Rev. James M. Nabrit, Secretary; Whites Creek Pike, Nashville, Tennessee
American Baptist Theological Seminary Whites Creek Pike, Nashville, Tennessee	Rev. James M. Nabrit, President
Baptist Missionary Training School Whites Creek Pike, Nashville, Tennessee	Rev. James M. Nabrit, President
Baptist Young People's Union Board 409 Gay Street, Nashville, Tennessee	Edward W. D. Isaac, Jr., Secretary
National Baptist Voice	Rev. Russell C. Barbour, Editor
Sunday School Informer	Rev. Marshall A. Talley, Editor
Tennessee Baptist Church News	Rev. D. Albert Jackson, Editor
Sunday School Publishing Board Fourth Ave., N. and Cedar St. Nashville, Tennessee	Rev. Arthur M Townsend, Secretary
Tennessee Missionary and Educational Convention	Rev. Samuel A. Owens, President
Old Ministers' Home Whites Creek Pike, Nashville, Tennessee	Rev. James M. Nabrit, Superintendent

Status (1941)	Name & Location of Church or Institution	Date Organized	Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active	Bethany Church 1445 Folsom St.	1924	Rev. G. A. Clopton
Active	Bethlehem Star Church Knott Road	1928	Rev. James T. Thornton
Active	Bush Grove Church 907 North St.	1939	Rev. William H. Butler
Active	Eastport Church 2247 Doll St.	1924	Rev. J. S. Oliver
Active	Ebenezer Church 703 Prichard St.	1925	Rev. F. L. Brown
Active	First Calvary Church 400 W. Minnesota Ave.	1903	Rev. Dewey D. Stephen
Active	Foster's Chapel Beverly Road	1908	Rev. Shepherd Jordan
Active	Friendship Church 415 W. Texas Ave.	1926	Rev. O. B. Brown
Active	Macedonia Church 333 Curton Alley	1918	Rev. John H. Pinkard
Active	Mount Calvary Church 911 E. Jackson Ave.	1900	Rev. M. C. M. Harris
Active	Mount Olive church 726 Patterson St.	1869	Rev. William T. Crutcher
Active	Mount Pleasant Church 4004 Lyons View Pike	1870	Rev. John C. Woods
Active	Mount Zion Church 324-26 Patton St.	1864	Rev. D. Albert Jackson
Active	New Hope Church 1100 Cecil Ave.	1909	Rev. Charles S. Moore
Active	New Salem Church 604 Queens Alley	1930	Rev. David E. Abrams
Active	Payne Avenue Church 1101 Payne Ave.	1935	Rev. Horace J. Bailey
Active	Rogers Memorial 203 Cansler Ave.	1882	Rev. Lorenzo A. Alexander
Active	St. James Church Mill St. Mascot	1915	Rev. William H. Harris
Active	St. Peter's Church 1117 Calloway St.	1934	Rev. Monroe H. Haney
Active	Tabernacle Baptist Church 600 Campbell Ave.	1915	Rev. Leonard W. Veal
Active	True Vine Church 915 Poplar St.	1924	Rev. Hasten S. Upton
Defunct	Mount Zion Church Concord Road Concord	1861-1916	Rev. Samuel Adams
Defunct	Roseberry City Church Corum St.	1915-1938	Rev. W. Henry Walker

Name & Location (as of 1941)	Name of Executive (as of 1941)
Richland District Association of the Missionary Baptist Churches in Tennessee (colored). Rev. Charles C. Willis, Moderator; Havenly Hollow, Tennessee Birdie Myers, Secretary; Kingston, Tennessee