New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church (East Lake)
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New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church is located at 6632 Kentucky Avenue in East Lake. The congregation was organized on July 4, 1918 by Dr. B. J. Brown. It was previously located at 1305 Sipsey Street in East Birmingham. A new building at that site was dedicated on August 27, 1961. That building was damaged by the explosion of 2 sticks of dynamite on in an anti-civil-bombing on January 16, 1962.
The congregation relocated to the former building of East Lake Primitive Baptist Church on February 4, 1992.
Pastors
- B. J. Brown, 1918
- J. S. Rivers, 1961
- Johnnie Shields, 1992
References
- Bains, David R. (June 1, 2024) "New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church (East Lake)" Chasing Churches