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Stone-Campbell Movement congregations in Nashville One Hundred Years Ago

Posted in archival discoveries, Charlotte Avenue Church of Christ, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ, congregational history, E. G. Sewell, Foster Street Christian Church, Foster Street Church of Christ, Gospel Advocate, Green Street Church of Christ, instrumental music, Jo Johnston Church of Christ, Joseph Avenue Church of Christ, Lischey Avenue Church of Christ, Nashville, Nashville Bible School, Nashville Churches of Christ, Nashville history, Nashville Stone-Campbell Sites, Preston Taylor, South College Street Christian Church, State and Local History, stone-campbell studies, Tennessee history on 15 February 2012 | 2 Comments »

Christian Churches as listed in the 1912 Nashville City Directory: ——- CHRISTIAN Belmont Avenue Church, Grand av n e cor 16th av. Boscobel Street Church – r 401 S 17th Carroll Street Church of Christ – 96 Carroll. Rev. Owen Henry, pastor; h 98 Carroll Cherokee Park Church of Christ – 6113 California Av. No [...]

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Name Authority for Nashville, Tennessee Stone-Campbell Congregations

Posted in A. M. Burton, Athens Clay Pullias, B. C. Goodpasture, C. E. W. Dorris, Central Church of Christ, Charles R. Brewer, Charlotte Avenue Church of Christ, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ, David Lipscomb, David Lipscomb College, Duke Street Church of Christ, E. G. Sewell, Foster Street Christian Church, Foster Street Church of Christ, G. P. Bowser, Gospel Advocate, Grace Avenue Church of Christ, Green Street Church of Christ, H. Leo Boles, Hall Laurie Calhoun, J. C. McQuiddy, J. S. Ward, J. W. Shepherd, James A. Allen, James A. Harding, Jo Johnston Church of Christ, Joe McPherson, Joseph Avenue Church of Christ, Lindsley Avenue Church of Christ, Lipscomb, Lischey Avenue Church of Christ, mac-writing, Marshall Keeble, McQuiddy Printing Company, Nashville, Nashville Bible School, Nashville Churches of Christ, Nashville history, Nashville Stone-Campbell Sites, Non Sunday School Churches of Christ, Preston Taylor, research, S. H. Hall, shameless self promotion, South College Street Christian Church, State and Local History, stone-campbell studies, Tennessee history on 9 May 2010 | 11 Comments »

Name Authority for Nashville Tennessee Stone-Campbell Congregations Click above to download a document listing 286 variants of time-, place- and character-names for the 228 known congregations of the Stone-Campbell movement in Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee from 1820 to May 2010. To my knowledge this is the first such compilation, and therefore, the most complete.  [...]

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Nashville Churches of Christ History Group on Facebook

Posted in A. M. Burton, Athens Clay Pullias, Austin McGary, B. C. Goodpasture, C. E. W. Dorris, Central Church of Christ, Charlotte Avenue Church of Christ, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ, congregational history, David Lipscomb, David Lipscomb College, DCHS, Duke Street Church of Christ, E. G. Sewell, Foster Street Christian Church, Foster Street Church of Christ, G. P. Bowser, Gospel Advocate, Grace Avenue Church of Christ, Green Street Church of Christ, H. Leo Boles, Hall Laurie Calhoun, history, J. C. McQuiddy, J. S. Ward, J. W. Shepherd, James A. Allen, James A. Harding, Jesse P. Sewell, Jo Johnston Church of Christ, Joe McPherson, Joseph Avenue Church of Christ, Life & Casualty Insurance Company, Lindsley Avenue Church of Christ, Lipscomb, Lischey Avenue Church of Christ, mac-writing, Marshall Keeble, McQuiddy Printing Company, ministry, Nashville, Nashville Bible School, Nashville Churches of Christ, Nashville history, Nashville Stone-Campbell Sites, Preston Taylor, research, S. H. Hall, shameless self promotion, South College Street Christian Church, State and Local History, stone-campbell studies, Tennessee history, V. M. Metcalfe on 30 April 2010 | 2 Comments »

Nashville Churches of Christ History group is open to anyone interested in the Stone-Campbell movement in Nashville and Davidson County.  Here is the first post I made a few days ago: I envision this community as a place to share common interest in the rich story of the Stone-Campbell Movement in Nashville. I am conducting [...]

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Save the Paper

Posted in A. M. Burton, C. E. W. Dorris, Charles R. Brewer, Charlotte Avenue Church of Christ, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, Churches of Christ, congregational history, David Lipscomb, E. G. Sewell, Foster Street Christian Church, Foster Street Church of Christ, genealogy, Gospel Advocate, Grace Avenue Church of Christ, H. Leo Boles, Hall Laurie Calhoun, history, J. C. McQuiddy, J. S. Ward, James A. Allen, James A. Harding, Jo Johnston Church of Christ, Joe McPherson, Joseph Avenue Church of Christ, Life & Casualty Insurance Company, Lipscomb, Lischey Avenue Church of Christ, mac-writing, Marshall Keeble, McQuiddy Printing Company, Nashville, Nashville Bible School, Nashville Churches of Christ, Non-institutionalism, periodicals, R. H. Boll, research, S. H. Hall, scholarship, Sermons, South College Street Christian Church, stone-campbell studies on 3 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Regular readers of this blog know that one of my research interests is Nashville’s Stone-Campbell heritage.  Judging from the folks who find my blog by searching for old Nashville churches like Foster Street Christian Church or Vine Street Christian Church or South College Street Church of Christ, I see I am not alone in my [...]

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Henry Leo Boles

Posted in Churches of Christ, congregational history, David Lipscomb, David Lipscomb College, Foster Street Christian Church, Foster Street Church of Christ, Gospel Advocate, Grace Avenue Church of Christ, H. Leo Boles, Holy Spirit, mac-writing, Nashville, Nashville Churches of Christ, research, shameless self promotion, stone-campbell studies on 10 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Congregants, friends, former students and fellow preachers, mourners all, assembled at the Grace Avenue Church of Christ on the winter morning of February 9, 1946 to remember the life of their minister, mentor and friend, Henry Leo Boles.   Just a month earlier, Sunday January 6, he preached in the morning assembly at Grace Avenue [...]

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Lischey Avenue Church of Christ

Posted in Churches of Christ, congregational history, Foster Street Christian Church, Foster Street Church of Christ, history, Joe McPherson, Lischey Avenue Church of Christ, mac-writing, Nashville, Nashville Churches of Christ, research, scholarship, shameless self promotion, stone-campbell studies on 8 April 2009 | 2 Comments »

Concerned about the spiritual welfare of the neighborhood children, Nell Joy (of Joy’s Flower Gardens) and Mava Smith canvassed the streets and taught them the Bible.  It was June 1907 and the little group would meet as the early Christians did, from house to house, for two years.   The generosity of the Joy family [...]

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Joseph Avenue Church of Christ

Posted in C. E. W. Dorris, Charles R. Brewer, Churches of Christ, congregational history, D. H. Friend, Foster Street Christian Church, Foster Street Church of Christ, Hall Laurie Calhoun, J. S. Ward, James A. Allen, Joseph Avenue Church of Christ, mac-writing, Nashville, Nashville Churches of Christ, R. H. Boll, research, S. H. Hall, shameless self promotion, stone-campbell studies on 6 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“May God’s blessing attend every sermon preached and every exhortation delivered over this sacred board. God bless every child of God at Joseph Ave. and crown their every (effort) for the advancement of the cause of Christ made by them in harmony with His will. This the prayer of an humble child of God,” inscribed [...]

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Foster Street Christian Church and Grace Avenue Church of Christ

Posted in Churches of Christ, congregational history, David Lipscomb College, Foster Street Christian Church, Foster Street Church of Christ, Gospel Advocate, Grace Avenue Church of Christ, H. Leo Boles, history, J. C. McQuiddy, James A. Harding, Joseph Avenue Church of Christ, Lischey Avenue Church of Christ, mac-writing, McQuiddy Printing Company, Nashville, Nashville Churches of Christ, research, shameless self promotion, stone-campbell studies on 3 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Evangelist James A. Harding was already a well-known and much sought-after evangelist among Churches of Christ when he held a tent meeting at the corner of Foster and Second Streets in 1889.  Yet, lasting eight weeks, that meeting is regarded as his longest and is arguably, with 115 responses, one of his more successful.   [...]

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