Anchors of Faith. Martha Dickson

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      Anchor of Faith

      Early Wooden Churches of the Deep South

      Martha Lee Dickson

      With photographs by the author

      NEWSOUTH BOOKS

      Montgomery

      Also by Martha Lee Dickson

      Gordon, Alabama: Pioneer Riverboat Town

      Shorelights

      NewSouth Books

      105 S. Court Street

      Montgomery, AL 36104

      Copyright © 2014 by Martha Lee Dickson. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by NewSouth Books, a division of NewSouth, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama.

      ISBN: 9781603063111

      eBook ISBN: 9781603063128

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013043734

      Visit www.newsouthbooks.com

      For Mother,

      Lois Meadows Lee,

      who never forgot Church.

      And for my three M’s:

      Max, Melissa, and Marcie.

      Contents

       Preface

       Introduction

      Alabama

       Autaugaville United Methodist Church

       Swift Presbyterian Church

       Swedish Lutheran Zion Church

       Montgomery Hill Baptist Church

       Grace Episcopol Church

       Spring Hill United Methodist Church

       Mount Zion Baptist Church

       Woodstock United Methodist Church

       Green Pond Presbyterian Church

       Fitzpatrick Baptist Church

       Wayman Chapel AME Church

       Forest Home Methodist Church

       Wesley Chapel Methodist Church

       Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church

       Pine Flat Methodist Church

       Lebanon Presbyterian Church

       Bethlehem Baptist Church

       Fairfax First Christian Church

       Isabella Methodist Church

       Ebenezer Baptist Church

       Gainstown United Methodist Church

       Williams Temple Christian Methodist Episcopol Church

       Belleville Baptist Church

       Rockford United Methodist Church

       Sears Chapel United Methodist Church

       Dixie Community Church

       Memorial United Methodist Church

       Dozier United Methodist Church

       Searight United Methodist Church

       Union Presbyterian Church

       Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church

       Marion Junction Presbyterian Church

       St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (Carlowville)

       Plantersville Christian Church

       Mount Carmel Church

       Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

       Summerfield Methodist Church

       Collinsville Presbyterian Church

       Deatsville United Methodist Church

       Elmore United Methodist Church

       Robinson Springs United Methodist Church

       First Presbyterian Church

       Boligee Presbyterian Church

       St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

       Clinton Baptist Church

       First Baptist Church of Clinton (Former Ebenezer Presbyterian Church)

       First Presbyterian Church

       Saint John’s Episcopal Church

       Former Methodist Church

       Newbern Baptist Church

       Newbern Presbyterian Church