Fouche Gap Analysis

Pastor Maury Davis along with three elected officials led the foundation stone for the $17 million expansion of the Cornerstone Old Hickory Boulevard building. This expansion is spread over an area of 95,000 square foot and it includes a specific area for youth and child ministries, a deli and a café. This project also called for the renovation program of 1/3rd of the already existing facility which is spread over an area of 135,000 square foot. This facility also features a sanctuary foyer. This is an endeavor

Bishop Seawright’s prophetic vision and outstanding leadership kept Union Bethel, founded in 1887, as a solid anchor in our community, now serving over 1,700 faithful congregants. This transformation included growing from five to acquiring over 55 acres of land, from two to over 75 employees, from a little chapel to a sanctuary that seats over 500 and to property that includes three houses, two apartments, a greenhouse and a pond. In 2014, Bishop Seawright and the Union Bethel AME Church Family paid off the mortgage of the $1.6 million sanctuary and 38 acres of land. To God be the

It had offices for three resident priests and two housekeepers. On August 9, 1964, a solemn groundbreaking was conducted for the new permanent church (Robinson Township Historical Society 91).” The church was built in the mid century modern architectural style popular in the 1950s and 1960s. “Construction was completed in 1966 and on August 27, 1966, the first Mass was celebrated in the new church by Fr. Krysmalski. However, the building was not formally dedicated until May 14, 1967 (“Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church”).”

During the European Middle Ages, the Catholic Church rose to power. When the Western Roman Empire fell, there wasn’t a grounding figure or a group for security. The people, left without a certain direction, then turned to Catholicism. The religion had its own system of morals, political influence and history. It was and still is a culture. With the amount of donations and faith in their teachings, the Church had the funds to create these large and lavish spaces for group worship and self-guided meditation.

Barton Warren Stone, American preacher and clergyman, was one of the most influential figures during the Restoration Movement. Intelligent and determined, Stone worked with others to form a church that was based solely on the principles of scripture, rather than those of the human mind. Stone’s accomplishments and actions impacted a prodigious amount of people during the 19th century and they continue to influence us today. On December 24, 1772, Barton W. Stone was born to John Stone and Mary Warren in Port-Tobacco, Maryland.

Our American people learned about freedom and the consequences, good or bad, that may occur from it at the church. Also, there was no segregation allowed at the church. People of any race could attend and worship without worry. That freedom is still held strong and practiced today. As you can see, this church has many things that we can learn from it and the past.

According to the Taos Pueblo website, this mission is called the San Geronimo or St. Jerome, Chapel and was completed in 1850 to replace the original church which was destroyed in the War with Mexico by the U.S. Army in 1847. The ruins of that church that was built in 1619 can still be seen at the pueblo’s graveyard. That church had also been destroyed previously during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 which was led by the Indians of Taos Pueblo. St. Jerome is the patron saint of Taos Pueblo: The church of the pueblo always sees people taking photographs and sketchers alike it is so beautiful. It is something noticed, but unconsciously, that everything on the pueblo is minimalist. Most are dirt or adobe tile floors. Beautiful and colorful tiles

The first ever church for African Americans was Trinity United Methodist Church. The Trinity United Methodist Church was found in 1866 as a missionary church. After the emancipation, many churches were established and they played a “vital” role that let thousands of African Americans to rely their lives on. They helped African Americans to know about God along with teaching them about music, prayers, survival lessons, skills that are needed in daily life, and the most important thing: hope. If someone wanted to understand about finances, jobs, and land purchases, the churches would counsel and give them many advices. They also provided burials and service for thousands of sick and poor African American people in the Houston area. Churches were the first and most important schools of the Fourth Ward people. There were total 23 churches in this area. Most of them are still existed until today and the oldest one among of them is Antioch Missionary Baptist church which was founded in 1866 by Rev. Jack

Without Roger William’s first Baptist Church ever being built and created what would most people be going to on Sunday’s then. Ever since then we have been building more and more churches. Without them, there would we be no place to go to listen to the words of wisdom that God has to offer us and everyone around the

The Making of the 1963 Baptist Faith and Message. A. J. Smith Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2008.

The Alamo was originally built as a mission church in 1718 for San Antonio de Valero. These mission churches were used as schools for Indians, when not being used for church services. The mission when first built was just several huts and a small stone tower. However, in 1724 the tower was destroyed by a storm. It took approximately another twenty years for them to build a church building that was finished in 1744. The construction of this church was not very good and it collapsed in 1756. They then started to build another second church in 1758 to replace the one that had collapsed, however, it was never finished and this is how it looks

time, being owned by mainly the Putman family. The pastor there, Samuel Parris, has lived there

After 1989, the structure’s purpose changed entirely. In the mid-1990s the idea to create a new Spiritual Life Center for the church came about. The Parish council decided the old school building would suffice as a temporary substitute for the Spiritual Life Center until construction completed (2008). Its time as a school had ended. During its eighty years, many generations of children attended this school (1 Emmert 35). Many lessons were taught, books opened, and pencils sharpened. The era of the longest existing school in Ferdinand had come to an end (Tretter 3). “Most of the workers were in the St. Ferdinand Parish which gave us special pleasure to by puttin’ such a fine school in next to the church. We often joked that if he work go any harder, they might by buryin us here before the school was even finished. It gives me pause to think that my earthly remains will be buried at the foot of a structure which will see hundreds of years of our families come and go,” (Hilgeman

“They called us backscratchers and laughed at us” We were just trying to go to school” The kids made life even harder for them by being mean to them when they were new and just trying to be normal. “Like the rest of Wheaton, the church was almost all white, and from our standpoint unbelievably hard to get used to people ignored us most of the time” It was nice of the church to help them but they could have interacted with them and made them feel

My photo ethnography is based off my experience at a church in Olive Branch, Mississippi. The name of it is Saint Luke Church of God in Christ. Saint Luke is pastored by Elder Earl Shannon, is located in the beautiful city of Olive Branch, Mississippi. They offer a big selection of ministries designed to meet the needs of families in the Olive Branch area. Saint Luke is also nicknamed, “The Ark of the Community”. Saint Luke has a long history dating back to 1925. In 1925 Charles and Millississ Shannon established Saint Luke Church of God in Christ. Saint Luke started out with just about twelve members. Back then each church service was held in the homes of the members. Saint Luke's first pastor was Elder Bonner. Elder Bonner was succeeded