Bethany Baptist Church
303 West 153rd Street | Harlem | built 1956
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- 1932
Rev. John Joseph founds Bethany Baptist Church
Rev. John Joseph organizes Bethany Baptist Church on February 12, 1932, and the founders prepare a meeting place at 327 West 126th Street. Joseph serves as pastor until 1934, when Rev. Henry Brooks takes over. Under Brooks, the congregation buys a building at 308 West 133rd Street and later decides to buy a site on West 153rd Street as its membership outgrows that space.
Source: rootmagazineonline.com
- 1957
The congregation marches to its new church on West 153rd Street
On February 22, 1957, Rev. Elmer Brooks leads the congregation in a march from West 133rd Street to its new church home on West 153rd Street. Elmer Brooks, elected pastor in 1955 after the death of Rev. Henry Brooks, serves until he retires in 1975.
Source: rootmagazineonline.com
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