Difference between revisions of "Pullen Memorial Baptist Church of Raleigh"
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Pullen is affiliated with American Baptist Churches USA <ref>www.abc-usa.org</ref> and The Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists <ref> http://www.awab.org/member-congregations.html </ref> | Pullen is affiliated with American Baptist Churches USA <ref>www.abc-usa.org</ref> and The Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists <ref> http://www.awab.org/member-congregations.html </ref> | ||
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Pullen Baptist Church began as a mission of the First Baptist Church of Raleigh in May 1884, later organized as Fayetteville Street Baptist Church (after Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, North Carolina) on December 28, 1884. The church was lead by strong lay leadership in the absence of a pastor, John T. Pullen | Pullen Baptist Church began as a mission of the First Baptist Church of Raleigh in May 1884, later organized as Fayetteville Street Baptist Church (after Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, North Carolina) on December 28, 1884. The church was lead by strong lay leadership in the absence of a pastor, John T. Pullen | ||
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Revision as of 20:32, 18 April 2012
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church is a 700-member [1] Baptist church located at 1801 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, North Carolina. Pullen was established in May 1884 as a mission of First Baptist Church of Raleigh and later organized as "Fayetteville Street Baptist Church" on December 28, 1884. After the death of its lay leader John T. Pullen in the spring of 1913, the congregation voted to rename themselves "Pullen Memorial Baptist Church"[2] Pullen has a long reputation of a church with a progressive leadership and congregation [3] during the Civil Rights Movement, Pullen was known as a safe haven for discourse between the races. The congregation was known to take up civil rights issues within the church and on the streets of North Carolina [4]
Pullen is affiliated with American Baptist Churches USA [5] and The Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists [6]
I. Pullen Chuch 1884-1892
Pullen Baptist Church began as a mission of the First Baptist Church of Raleigh in May 1884, later organized as Fayetteville Street Baptist Church (after Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, North Carolina) on December 28, 1884. The church was lead by strong lay leadership in the absence of a pastor, John T. Pullen
