Zion Spring Baptist Church
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Zion Spring Baptist Church (in some records Zion Springs Baptist Church) is located at 528 41st Street North in North Avondale. In 1946 its address was listed as 4201 5th Court North. Adam Mixon is the pastor. Because of its participation in the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights it was recognized by the Birmingham Historical Society as a "movement church".
In 2022 it began hosting the weekly services of The Abbey, a congregation of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama.
Pastors
- Elmer J. Minnifield, c.1946-c.1967
- George Johnson, 1998
- Adam Mixon, 2001-
References
- White, Marjorie Longenecker (1998) A Walk to Freedom: The Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, 1956-1964. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society. ISBN 0943994241
- Long, Clayton L. (November 18, 2019) "Zion Spring Baptist Church" Magic City Religion
External Sites
- Zion Spring Baptist Church website