Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-10-28
HAS GROWN LARGELY
UNDER GRACE OF GOD
Calvary Baptist Church's New
Home To Be Formally Dedi-
Gated Sunday, Oct. 80

church will lie dedicated next
Sunday. October 30ti. There will
be all-day services with dinner
served on the ground. The us
ual Sunday School will begin at
$50 a. III. Prof. John l.. Hill, OF
Georgetown, will teach the Men.
Bible class. Kew. J. Fl. Reynolds,
former pastor OF the First Bap-
tist church. who organized Cal
vary Baptist church, will give a
brief historical address on ''How
Calvary Church began" at the
close OF the sunday school hour.
He will tell of the meagcr begin
ming of this church and its de-
velopment The dedicGtorial ser
vices will begin promptly at IL
a. IN. Rev. ]. W. Beagle, OF the
State Board, will preach the ser
mon. In the afternoon MessrS
Luther Mize, VIM. Royce and ID.
&. Sparks will be ordained 1he
first deacons of the church. Prof.
John l.. He'll and Rev ]. X. Rey-
noldS will be the speakers at that
service.
On Saturday the Executive
Board OF Tatc's Creek Associa-
tion will meet with the Calvary
church. y special service will be
gin at 9:5O i. IN. Lunch will be
served at noon and the business
session OF the board will convene
ut 1880 p. III.
Calvary Baptist church has &
very interesting and marvellous
history. 1t mad such small be-
ginning and has prospercd under
such ulthinkablc circumstances
that il may bc called 4 twentieth
century miracle. which stands as
a living monument to Gods
grace and power. Below is given "a
brief sketch q; its history:
In March. 1910, Rev. J. K.
Reynolds. then pastor OF the
First Baptist church OF this city.
occurred va.ant store building
on -Estill avenue. opposite the l..
4 y. railway station. i'll which he
organized Mission Sunday
School To meet each Sunday af-
tcrnoon. using two OF his mem
bcrS for teachers. At the first
meeting thee were only five
children present. But the school
gradually increased until the
small store building could not ac-
commodatc IT. 1t was then di-
vidcd into two separate Sunday
Schools. y ChiIdrcn's Sunday
School met at 9:50 a. III OF which,
Mrs. ]. K. Shaw was supcrinten-
dent and teacher OF the Junior
boys and girls. and Miss Jessie
X ngo taught the primary class.
An adults Sunday School met II
SEQ p. IN. OF which Rev Rcy-
nolds was superintendent and
teacher OF the mems Bible class,
and Mrs. r. G. Stott taught the
ladies Bible class. This work
grew rapidly during the fall OF
1910 and ou: of this Mission
Sunday School grew Calvary
Baptist church.
Rev. K. l. Brandcnburg. OF
Union City, held a revival meet
ing with Rev. Reynolds 1T this
mission during the entire month
OF December 1910. There were
eleven received by baptism. These
expressed a desire TO organize n
church. Rev. Reynolds and the
dcacons from the First Baptist
church effected the organization
OF Calvary Baptist church. The
names of these desiring to be-
come charter members were ta-
ken. and the number increased to
eighteen, the increase coming by
letter from other churches. Soon
afterwards, Rev. Reynolds left
Richmond and entered another
field of labor. Some OF these Is
charter members grew discourag-
ed. The building lot which they
had purchased on East Main
, street was sold and the money
given to charity 1t seemed that
the little church would fail. But
some OF the members, like Blan-
cos ghost would not down"
, In January 1917 Rev. B. +.
Petty was called as pastor oi
this little band of courageous
christians. The work moved off
nicely under his leadership and
on June IA, 1917 they purchased
building lot ON Big Hill avenue
for which they paid 1915. In the
same month DR.. w. w. Horner
OF Louisville, held a tent meeting
on this lot and there were TWEEN
ty-two additions to the church.