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'''Berney Points Baptist Church''' was Baptist congregation located first in [[West End]] at 1637 [[Pearson Avenue]] SW and then in [[Hoover]] at 2250 [[Blue Ridge Boulevard]] alongside [[I-65]] near the crest of [[Shades Mountain]]. Initially begun as '''West End Baptist Mission''' by Rev. [[George Johnson]], the congregation was organized on [[August 8]], [[1926]] and ground broken for the first church building the same year. By 1941 the church had a membership of 387. The church's colonial revival building on Pearson Avenue was erected in [[1952]] at the cost of $269,000. An educational building windg was completed in [[1956]]
'''Berney Points Baptist Church''' was Baptist congregation located first in [[West End]] at 1637 [[Pearson Avenue]] SW and then in [[Hoover]] at 2250 [[Blue Ridge Boulevard]] alongside [[I-65]] near the crest of [[Shades Mountain]].
 
Initially begun as '''West End Baptist Mission''' by Rev. [[George Johnson]], the congregation was organized on [[August 8]], [[1926]] and ground broken for the first church building the same year. By 1941 the church had a membership of 387. The church's colonial revival building on Pearson Avenue was erected in [[1952]] at the cost of $269,000. An educational building was completed in [[1956]], with additional units in [[1963]] and [[1969]]. In September [[1967]], it organized [[Berney Points Baptist School]] to serve six grades, by [[1983]] it had expanded to serve kindergarten through 12th grade.
 
While located in West End, the church sponsored [[Boy Scout Troop 52]].
 
The building it purchased and moved into at the top of [[Shades Mountain]] had originally been constructed for a Pentecostal church. After Berney Points left the cite it would become the home of [[Christ the King Anglican Church]].


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* "[https://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4017coll2/id/11671/rec/1 Cornerston Laying]" (December 15, 1952) {{BN}} - via {{BPLDC}}
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* "[https://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4017coll2/id/11672/rec/1 Berney Points Church Occupies New Addition]" (September 25, 1956) {{BPH}} - via {{BPLDC}}
* "[https://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4017coll2/id/11672/rec/1 Berney Points Church Occupies New Addition]" (September 25, 1956) {{BPH}} - via {{BPLDC}}
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[[Category:Churches in Hoover]]
[[Category:Churches in Hoover]]

Latest revision as of 23:09, 6 June 2024

Berney Points Baptist Church was Baptist congregation located first in West End at 1637 Pearson Avenue SW and then in Hoover at 2250 Blue Ridge Boulevard alongside I-65 near the crest of Shades Mountain.

Initially begun as West End Baptist Mission by Rev. George Johnson, the congregation was organized on August 8, 1926 and ground broken for the first church building the same year. By 1941 the church had a membership of 387. The church's colonial revival building on Pearson Avenue was erected in 1952 at the cost of $269,000. An educational building was completed in 1956, with additional units in 1963 and 1969. In September 1967, it organized Berney Points Baptist School to serve six grades, by 1983 it had expanded to serve kindergarten through 12th grade.

While located in West End, the church sponsored Boy Scout Troop 52.

The building it purchased and moved into at the top of Shades Mountain had originally been constructed for a Pentecostal church. After Berney Points left the cite it would become the home of Christ the King Anglican Church.

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