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Willard Collins Preaches at Lischey Avenue Church of Christ, April 26-May 10, 1942

Posted in Churches of Christ, congregational history, David Lipscomb College, Joe McPherson, Lischey Avenue Church of Christ, Nashville, Nashville Churches of Christ, Nashville history, Nashville Stone-Campbell Sites, preaching, Revivalism, Today in Restoration History, Willard Collins on 26 April 2012 | 9 Comments »

A friend gave me this card about a year ago while I was teaching a class on Stone-Campbell history. While his mother attended Lindsley Avenue Church of Christ as a child, she occasionally visited family across the river in North Edgefield at Lischey Avenue Church. Going through an old scrap book he found this card and [...]

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The Meeting at Carroll Street Church

Posted in Churches of Christ, Joe McPherson, Nashville Churches of Christ, preaching on 10 March 2012 | 2 Comments »

Gospel Advocate, May 19, 1904, p. 315

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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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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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