The History of the Negro Church

Name: The History of the Negro Church
Author: Woodson, Carter Godwin

Woodson, Carter Godwin

African Americans -- Religion

With the possible exception of Dr. C. A. Tindley, the talented Methodist
minister of Philadelphia, probably the greatest preacher of power
developed during the last generation has been Dr. C. T. Walker. Coming
under the influence of Christian missionaries and of the Atlanta
Baptist College, he had his beginnings determined in an atmosphere of
religious education. For forty years, excepting five years when he had
charge of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City, he was pastor of
the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia. His church in Augusta
was attended not only by thousands of his own race, but by hundreds of
winter tourists, who heard him with unusual satisfaction. Among these
were former President Taft, John D. Rockefeller, Gen. Rush C. Hawkins,
Dr. David Gregg and Lyman B. Goff. With the support of such a large
number this church undertook to supply the needs of the community,
developing into an institutional enterprise with all of the activities
of a social welfare agency. This expansion necessitated a new building,
which he erected at a cost of $185,000.

[Illustration: DR. C. T. WALKER]

Dr. Walker was interested in all things promoting the uplift of the
race. He was the founder of the now spacious 135th Street Branch, Young
Men's Christian Association, New York City, and figured largely in the
establishment of a similar branch for his people in Augusta, Georgia. He
was one of the prominent figures of the National Baptist Convention of
the United States, being vice-president of the organization when he
died, as well as vice-president of the Georgia Baptist State Convention
and moderator of the Walker Association. He traveled extensively in
Europe and the Holy Land and was the author of a number of books of
travel and also of sermons. His main work at home and abroad, however,
was that of an evangelist whose fame as such so rapidly extended that he
was one of the most popular speakers in the country, attracting larger
crowds than any other Negro of his time.




CHAPTER XII

THE CONSERVATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE

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The History of the Negro ChurchWoodson, Carter Godwin

Religion

The History of the Negro Church

Woodson, Carter Godwin

African Americans -- Religion

With the possible exception of Dr. C. A. Tindley, the talented Methodist
minister of Philadelphia, probably the greatest preacher of power
developed during the last generation has been Dr. C. T. Walker. Coming
under the influence of Christian missionaries and of the Atlanta
Baptist College, he had his beginnings determined in an atmosphere of
religious education. For forty years, excepting five years when he had
charge of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, New York City, he was pastor of
the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia. His church in Augusta
was attended not only by thousands of his own race, but by hundreds of
winter tourists, who heard him with unusual satisfaction. Among these
were former President Taft, John D. Rockefeller, Gen. Rush C. Hawkins,
Dr. David Gregg and Lyman B. Goff. With the support of such a large
number this church undertook to supply the needs of the community,
developing into an institutional enterprise with all of the activities
of a social welfare agency. This expansion necessitated a new building,
which he erected at a cost of $185,000.

[Illustration: DR. C. T. WALKER]

Dr. Walker was interested in all things promoting the uplift of the
race. He was the founder of the now spacious 135th Street Branch, Young
Men's Christian Association, New York City, and figured largely in the
establishment of a similar branch for his people in Augusta, Georgia. He
was one of the prominent figures of the National Baptist Convention of
the United States, being vice-president of the organization when he
died, as well as vice-president of the Georgia Baptist State Convention
and moderator of the Walker Association. He traveled extensively in
Europe and the Holy Land and was the author of a number of books of
travel and also of sermons. His main work at home and abroad, however,
was that of an evangelist whose fame as such so rapidly extended that he
was one of the most popular speakers in the country, attracting larger
crowds than any other Negro of his time.




CHAPTER XII

THE CONSERVATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The History of the Negro Church

The History of the Negro Church

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