South Main Baptist Church

South Main Baptist Church

South Main Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Houston, Texas. Located in Houston's midtown area, the church has a long history in the city. The church was named "Church of the Year" by Guideposts Magazine. [ [http://www.smbc.org/discover_smbc/our_story.htm South Main Baptist Church - Our Story] ]

History

The church was originally founded in 1903 as Tuam Baptist Church. The church moved to its current location on South Main Street in 1930 and was renamed to South Main Baptist Church. Between 1934 and 1939, the church hosted the University of Houston campus before the university moved to its current location on Cullen Blvd.

Sanguinet, Staats, Hedrick A and Gottlieb were hired to design the new structure in 1924 for the then Tuam Baptist Church. [ [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/cms1.html Sanguinet and Staats, The Handbook of Texas] ] The church moved to its current location when the new building was completed in 1930. A service by Dr. George W. Truett was held to commemorate the new structure. [ [http://www.believersweb.org/view.cfm?id=93&rc=1&list=multi George W. Truett, Believer's Web] ]

South Main is a member of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. It was a member of the Southern Baptist Convention for over 90 years, but has now withdrawn.

Pastors

*1903 - 1906 Dr. Livingston Talliaferro Mays
*1906 - 1907 Dr. Charles T. Alexander
*1908 - 1911 Dr. John Wheeler Loving
*1911 - 1917 Dr. Amos Dempsey Sparkman
*1918 - 1937 Dr. Montrose Madison Wolf
*1938 - 1971 Dr. E. Hermond Westmoreland
*1972 - 1984 Dr. Kenneth Leon Chaffin
*1985 - 2002 Dr. William Lewis Turner
*2003 - Curr Dr. Stephen C. Wells

Missions

South Main Baptist Church assisted in the creation of Operation San Andres, a non-profit group that feeds orphans in Peru. [ [http://www.baptiststandard.com/postnuke/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=3829 Operation San Andres brings hope to children in Peru, The Baptist Standard] ]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.smbc.org South Main Baptist Church website]
* [http://www.palmerchurch.org/content.asp?Mode=DirectoryDisplay&id=428 Historic perspective]
* [http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/Building/2209/South_Main_Baptist_Church.php South Main Baptist Church at "Houston Artchitecture"]
* http://www.operacionsanandres.org/


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