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'''6th Avenue Zion Hill Baptist Church''' was a Baptist church founded in the 1930s and located at 1414 [[6th Avenue North]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]. Its brick sanctuary, | [[File:Deliverance Temple.jpg|right|thumb|450px|6th Avenue Zion Hill Baptist Church]] | ||
'''6th Avenue Zion Hill Baptist Church''' was a Baptist church founded in the 1930s and located at 1414 [[6th Avenue North]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]. Its brick sanctuary, dedicated on [[August 31]], [[1958]], featured a south-facing porch gable supported on four thin brick piers. A moulded white steeple crowned the gable roof. A cross-gable at the rear of the church | |||
On [[April 12]], [[1963]] the church was used as a starting point for a scheduled [[Good Friday march]], headed by [[Martin Luther King Jr]] along with [[Ralph Abernathy]] and [[Fred Shuttlesworth]]. The march was the first appearance for King in a public demonstration during the [[Birmingham Campaign]], and was highly anticipated in the black community. | On [[April 12]], [[1963]] the church was used as a starting point for a scheduled [[Good Friday march]], headed by [[Martin Luther King Jr]] along with [[Ralph Abernathy]] and [[Fred Shuttlesworth]]. The march was the first appearance for King in a public demonstration during the [[Birmingham Campaign]], and was highly anticipated in the black community. | ||
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==Pastors== | ==Pastors== | ||
* [[Melvin | * [[Melvin Godwin]], -1970 | ||
[[Category:Baptist churches]] | [[Category:Baptist churches]] | ||
Revision as of 11:06, 17 September 2017
6th Avenue Zion Hill Baptist Church was a Baptist church founded in the 1930s and located at 1414 6th Avenue North in downtown Birmingham. Its brick sanctuary, dedicated on August 31, 1958, featured a south-facing porch gable supported on four thin brick piers. A moulded white steeple crowned the gable roof. A cross-gable at the rear of the church
On April 12, 1963 the church was used as a starting point for a scheduled Good Friday march, headed by Martin Luther King Jr along with Ralph Abernathy and Fred Shuttlesworth. The march was the first appearance for King in a public demonstration during the Birmingham Campaign, and was highly anticipated in the black community.
The former church building is now the home of the Deliverance Temple Inter-Faith Church.
Pastors
- Melvin Godwin, -1970