Berney Points Baptist Church

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.

Pastors

• George Johnson, 1926
• J. W. Griffith, Sr.
• L. C. Bennett, 1928-1929
• Herschel H. Hobbs, 1929-1932
• John Rasco, 1932-1933
• J. D. Holleson
• H. O. Hester
• Emmett Williams, 1939-1960
• Raymond T. DeAmond, 1961-
• Jason Rothe

References

• "Berney Points Baptist Has Had Rapid Growth" (May 25, 1941) Birmingham Churchman - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
• "New Berney Points Baptist Church" (October 4, 1952) The Birmingham News - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
• "Cornerston Laying" (December 15, 1952) The Birmingham News - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
• "Berney Points Church Occupies New Addition" (September 25, 1956) Birmingham Post-Herald - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections
• Allen, Lee N (1984) Born for Missions: Birmingham Baptist Association, 1833-1883. Birmingham, AL: Birmingham Baptist Association
• Allen, Lee N. (1993) Born for Missions: The 16th Decade, Birmingham Baptist Association, 1983-1993. Birmingham, AL Birmingham Baptist Association.