Excerpts  from

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

Knox County, Knoxville"

The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, Work Projects Administration

1941


METHODIST BODIES 

  1. The Methodist Church
  2. American Methodist Church
  3. Wesleyan Methodist Connection (or Church) of America
  4. African Methodist Episcopal Church
  5. African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
  6. Colored Methodist Church

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Boards, Publications & Institutions:

Name & Location (as of 1941) Name of Executive (as of 1941)
General Conference,
1541 Fourteenth St., NW
Washington, DC		 Bishop Joseph S. Flipper,
Senior Bishop and Chairman of Bishopric Council
Christian Endeavor Board
414 Eighth Ave., S
Nashville, Tennessee		 Rev. Samuel S. Morris, Chairman
Sunday School Union
414 Eighth Ave., S
Nashville, Tennessee		 Rev. Samuel S. Morris, Secretary-Treasurer
East Tennessee Conference Rev. Richard R. Wright, Presiding Bishop   
North Chattanooga District: Rev. James M. Brown, Superintendent   

Churches:

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution		 Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active Bethel Church
505 Nelson St.		 1881 Rev. Alvin J. Simmons
Defunct St. Paul's Church
Condon and Patton Sts. 		1887-1909 Rev. E. C. Waterford
Defunct Trinity Mission
621 E Vine Ave.		 1922-32 Rev. John J. Cathron

 

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AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH:

Boards, Publications & Institutions:

Name & Location (as of 1941) Name of Executive (as of 1941)
General Conference,
1724 "S" St., N.W.
Washington, DC		 Rev. William J. Walls, Bishop
Tennessee Conference Rev. Cameron C. Alleyne, Presiding Bishop
Knoxville District Conference Rev. Frank Gilbert Riley, Presiding Elder

Churches:

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution		 Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active A.M.E. Zion Church
Loope Road
Concord		 1883 Rev. Edward Miller
Active Clinton Chapel
1418-20 College St.		 1881 Rev. Claude F. Spurgeon
Active Edgewood Chapel
1713 Freemont Place		 1896 Rev. Robert Briscoe
Active Fullwood Chapel
Washington Pike		 1867 Rev. Byrl F. Wright
Active Grady's Chapel
Nubblin Ridge Road
Bearden		 1888 Rev. L. L. Wood
Active Logan Temple
108 Commerce St.		 1865 Rev. Clifford H. Houston
Active Lomax Temple
307 Gap St.		 1877 Rev. James H. Lee
Active Oakland Church
Oakland Road
Fountain City		 1888 Rev. Byrl W. Wright
Active Pleasant Chapel
Coward Road		 1877 Rev. L. L. Wood
Active Vestal Temple
Edgar St., Vestal		 1911 Rev. Jackson Albert Brown
Active Wallace Chapel
Old Kingston Pike		 1929 Rev. Jackson Albert Brown
Active Warner Tabernacle
1021 Fuller Ave.		 1845 Rev. Estus Ransom Taylor
Defunct Sand Springs Church
Thorn Grove Pike
Rt. 4		 1879-1935 Rev. J. R. Priestly

 

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COLORED METHODIST CHURCH:

Boards, Publications & Institutions:

Name & Location (as of 1941) Name of Executive (as of 1941)
General Conference,
2112 N. Fifth Ave.
Kansas City, Kansas		 Rev. Charles H. Phillips, Senior Bishop
Tennessee Conference Rev. James Arthur Hamlett, Bishop
Board of Education Rev. B. W. Doyle, Secretary
Christian Index Luther Stewart, Editor
Colored Methodist Publishing House
Shannon St.
Jackson, Tennessee		  

Nashville District: 
Rev. Albert E. Jenkins, Presiding Elder

Status (1941) Name & Location of
Church or Institution		 Date Organized Name of Pastor or Executive (1941)
Active Coleman's Temple
728 Akers Place		 1929 Rev. William C. Palmer

 

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