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'''Edgewood Presbyterian Church''' is located at 850 [[Oxmoor Road]] in [[Homewood]]. The congregation was founded in [[1912]] by the merger [[Rosedale Cumberland Presbyterian Church]] and members of [[Oak Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church]] who desired to follow the majority of their denomination into the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. An earlier carpenter Gothic building was taken down to erect the current building in [[1953]]. In [[1978]], many members left the church with its pastor [[Bill Hay]] to found [[Covenant Presbyterian Church]]. Edgewood is now a [[More Light]] congregation in | '''Edgewood Presbyterian Church''' is located at 850 [[Oxmoor Road]] in [[Homewood]]. The congregation was founded in [[1912]] by the merger [[Rosedale Cumberland Presbyterian Church]] and members of [[Oak Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church]] who desired to follow the majority of their denomination into the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and its [[Presbytery of Birmingham]]. For some years in the late 1910s and 1920s it was named '''Edgewood Community Church'''. | ||
An earlier carpenter Gothic building was taken down to erect the current building in [[1953]]. | |||
In [[1978]], many members left the church with its pastor [[Bill Hay]] to found [[Covenant Presbyterian Church]]. Edgewood is now a [[More Light]] congregation in the[[Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley]] of the Presbyterian Church (USA). | |||
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Edgewood Presbyterian Church is located at 850 Oxmoor Road in Homewood. The congregation was founded in 1912 by the merger Rosedale Cumberland Presbyterian Church and members of Oak Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church who desired to follow the majority of their denomination into the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and its Presbytery of Birmingham. For some years in the late 1910s and 1920s it was named Edgewood Community Church.
An earlier carpenter Gothic building was taken down to erect the current building in 1953.
In 1978, many members left the church with its pastor Bill Hay to found Covenant Presbyterian Church. Edgewood is now a More Light congregation in thePresbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
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References
- Wurtele, Martha & Jake Collins (2015) Homewood. Images of America Series. Arcadia Publishing ISBN 1439653968}