Southside Church of God, Birmingham

This article is about the church in Birmingham. For other uses, see Southside Church of God.

Southside Church of God (sometimes South Side Church of God) is a Christian church affiliated with the Anderson, Indiana-based Church of God Ministries, an outgrowth of Wesleyan-Holiness religious movements of the 19th century midwest.

The church previously met in a one-story 4,191 square-foot framed building at 3117 7th Avenue South in Birmingham's Lakeview District. The building was constructed in the 1920s or 1930s and re-clad with aluminum siding in the 1960s. It featured a gabled offset porch raised on brick piers with iron railings. There were 8 stained-glass windows in the barrel-vaulted sanctuary, and a 9th in the vestibule. A triple stained-glass interior window was installed behind the altar. The interior was finished with paneled skirting on the walls and rose-colored carpet. In 1997 the church carried out a repair project and enclosed the foundation piers with a brick skirt wall, changing to sandstone around the porch.

The building was listed as a contributing structure to the Southside Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

In 2022 the building had been acquired by Brasfield & Gorrie and was used for accessory offices and storage. It was demolished in 2024 as part of the company's headquarters expansion.

Pastors

• Lilly Billets

References

• Watson, Nathan (September 3, 2021) "See why the Southside Church of God is a window into Lakeview’s historic past." Bham Now