Shades Crest Baptist Church

Shades Crest Baptist Church is a 670-member Baptist church located at 452 Park Avenue in Bluff Park. Nic Seaborn is pastor.

The church was organized on May 16, 1954, and was sponsored jointly by Southside Baptist Church and Dawson Memorial Baptist Church. It had a charter membership of 45 people. By 2011 it had 1,700 members.

The original church building, a small sanctuary with adjoining Sunday School rooms, was incorporated into the much larger Rockland Building, completed in 1967. The first of the current stained-glass windows were installed in 1988. They were designed by Bettis Vereen.

The church celebrated its 70th anniversary on May 19, 2024.

Pastors

• John Norman, 1954–
• James A. Auchmuty, 1972 - 1999
• Dennis Foust
• Brian Lee - 2020
• Nic Seaborn, 2021-

References

• "Baptists Will Break Ground March 6 for $70,000 Unit" (n.d.) Birmingham Post-Herald - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
• "Shades Crest Baptist Church" (March 2011) Hoover Historical Happenings. Vol. 22, No. 4
• Anderson, Jon (June 28, 2021) Shades Crest Baptist Church Calls Nic Seaborn as Pastor Hoover Sun

External links

• Shades Crest Baptist Church website