The
North Coleman Baptist Church was
organized on March 3, 1927, at the old
North Side Tabernacle on the corner of
Ripley and Blanco. The 17
charter members were: Mrs. Frank
Billings, Mrs. Tempest Burroughs
Vaughn, Mrs. A. S. Davis, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Lykins, Ernest Lykins, Miss Lucille
Lykins, Mrs. T. L. Sparkman, Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Hardy
Taylor, Miss Aleene Taylor and Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Touchstone. The
council as follows: The Reverends J.
R. McCorkle, Presiding Officer; J. M.
Cooper, Special Clerk; J. R. Davis; J.
C. Strickland and Mr. L. F.
Collins. After the church
organization procedures were completed
the church doors were opened for new
members. The following came by
letters: T. L. Sparkman, J. S.
Jackson, Bro. and Mrs. R. M. Hickman.
On
March 6, in the evening service the
first business meeting was
transacted with the following
results: T. L. Sparkman, Church
Clerk; Lucille Lykins, Church
Organist; J. S. Jackson, Sunday
School Superintendent; R. M.
Hickman,
Assistant
S. S. Superintendent; Allene Taylor,
Sunday School Organist; Mrs. T. L.
Sparkman. Sunday
School
Sect, and Treasurer; W. H.
Touchstone, recognized as senior
Deacon; J. R. Davis, Fourth time
pastor called. Results of a
two week revival, H. O. Lee, was the
first member by statement and Miss
Willie Mae Pridemore, first member
by baptism. The first purchase
by the church membership was a
second hand piano for $100.00 from
J. C. Bourland. The purchasing
committee was: R. M. Lykins, J. S.
Jackson, F. A. Smith and Hardy
Taylor.
On
April 3, 1927, the following men
were named to secure a lot for a
church building: R. M. Lykins, Hardy
Taylor and J. S. Jackson. In
August, 1927, the lots were
bought. The building committee
appointed were: Bros. Jackson,
Hughes, Lykins and Lee and Sisters
Jackson, Vaughn and Lykins. On
August 7, 1927, North Coleman
Baptist Church asked and were
admitted to the Southern Baptist
Convention, as a church having
adopted the articles of faith and
the church covenant as laid down in
Pendletons Manuel, as adopted by the
Southern Baptist Convention in
session in Houston, in 1926.
The
New Hope Baptist Church disbanded
and presented their building to the
North Coleman Baptist Church, March
7, 1928, and the building to be
placed over the basement being
prepared, 32 by 40 feet, and the
wooden structure was to be brick
veneered. By June 1, 1931, the
membership had reached 123. A
revival held August 2, 1931, led by
J. M. Cooper, coming by baptism were
Terrell Connelly, Irene Ray and L.
B. Chapman.
Church
minutes dated October 16, 1933,
named Mildred Comedy and Bessie
Jackson as card teacher and B.V.P.U.
director and on July 11, 1936,
Waylon Armstrong was director, and
Miss Syville Evans, secretary.
The roll consisted of 124 members;
42 men and boys and 82 women and
girls on November 10, 1934.
The Connelly, Ray, Jackson and
Knowles families led in
numbers. The first Brotherhood
was organized February 18, 1940,
with S. Mask as president.
A new
piano was purchased in December,
1943. From January through
October, 1944, the steps at front of
the church were repaired; 100 new
song books were bought by the
members; a light was installed at
front of the building; a light and
fan installed in the choir; the
church and parsonage were insured;
two bedrooms, a bath, closets and
porch were remodeled at the
parsonage. On February 7,
1945, the note to Mr. Horne on the
building was paid in full, burned by
pastor in presence of the
membership.
A new
piano was bought in July, 1954 and
Sunday School improvements were made
with more classes in January
1954. On March 7, 1956, the
church entered into the Broadway
Bond plan to finance a building
program with R. L. Mitchell,
secretary. On January 9, 1957,
the Broadway Bond representative
came and was gracious in relieving
the church of much financial
strain. With Bro. Melvin
Guthnie as pastor, he presented an
agreement to the church and soon our
financial crisis was passed. A
carport was built on the east side
of the parsonage by volunteer labor,
October 5, 1960 and a baptistry
painting was done by Mrs. Morton,
wife of Silver Valley pastor.
Junior White and Donald McDorman
bought the paint for her. The
church has always appreciated Mrs.
Morton for this service. Two
terms became familiar speech in the
church in Bro. J. B. Everett’s
pastorate; the Lottie Moon Christmas
Tree and Christmas in August.
There were two active circles of W.
M. U. at one time.
On
April 29, 1964, the church voted to
buy property just east of the church
for a new parsonage from the Charley
Grays. The stucco building on
the property was moved near the
church and redone into a recreation
room and named Crosby Hall.
The parsonage floors were sanded and
covered, a closet built and a
partition moved in the kitchen in
1965. During J. C.
Tankensley’s pastorate he managed to
obtain new pews for our auditorium
and the first carpet. Bro.
Archie Phillips was called back for
a second time as pastor in September
1968. He and his family were
at the church 9 years this
time. He pastored the church
near 12 years, kept us out of
financial trouble and was always
ready to roll out the barrel and
raise money for missions, revival on
back debts. Our offerings were
deposited in this barrel and it
worked. Bro. Billy L. Roberts
was called to North Coleman Baptist
Church in August 1977 and he is
still our pastor. He has
promoted much remodeling in the
halls, bathrooms and the nursery
where some new furniture has just
been installed. There has been
fencing and other improvements
around the outside. Several of
his members from the White Chapel
ministry are now his members in
North Coleman Baptist Church.
Longtime
members
on the church roll are: Mrs. Lois
McWhirter, appearing on July 14,
1934; L. B. Chapman since August 2,
1931 - 52 years on the roll but only
41 consecutuve years as he lettered
out about five years into White
Chapel. He and his wife
returned on December 13, 1942; and
Mrs. Maggie Wood, appearing July 7,
1944. If she cannot get a
daughter or grandaughter to play the
piano, she does it herself, and
well. These four people have a
total of 176 years in the church.
Pastors
who
have served are: J. R. Davis, March
6, 1927-Sept. 7, 1930; C. A. Farnis,
Sept. 21, 1930-Jan. 17, 1932;
Brother Fuller, April 17, 1932; I.
K. Holmes, April 9, 1933-Dec. 6,
1936; J. A. Loudermilk, Jan. 24,
1937-July 4, 1937; M. O. Row, Sept.
5, 1937-Aug. 27, 1939; Taylor
Henley, Nov. 26, 1939-Dec. 12, 1941;
H. C. Bnistow, Feb. 22, 1941-Aug.
18, 1943; C. J. Coffman, Sept. 15,
1943-June 1, 1945; W. W. Nowlin,
July 8, 1945-Sept. 5, 1945; J. O.
McCaleb, Nov. 21, 1945-Nov 1, 1950;
J. C. Shipman, Dec. 20, 1950-March
12, 1952; L. L. Hatfield, March 7,
1952-Nov. 1, 1955; Joe Dillard, Dec.
1955-Jan.
13,
1957; M. L. Cuthrie, March 3,
1957-Jan. 24, 1960; J. B. Everett,
March 6, 1960-June 3, 1962; Archie
Phillips, Aug. 12, 1962-June 20,
1965; W. B. Cartwright, July 18,
1965-April 3,1966; J. C. Tankersley,
June 26, 1966-Aug. 25, 1968; Archie
Phillips, Sept, 22, 1968-April
1,1977 and Billy L. Roberts, Aug. 7,
1977-the present.
Some
ordained or licensed to preach while
members (incomplete) were: Hardy
Taylor, 1927; Leon Myers; Bradley
Cross, 1936; Waylon Armstrong, 1938;
L. D. Waldrip, 1938; Alvin Jones,
1945; Eugene Traylor, 1952; Dan
Hamby, 1953; and L. Bob Anderson,
1954.
Some
of the Deacons of the North Coleman
Baptist Church: W. H. Touchstone,
Elmer Hughes, R. M. Lykins, J. S.
Jackson, Loyd Maples, O. V.
Rutherford, Sam Mask, Holhert Minor,
A. J. Walton, T. C. Jackson, J. W.
Jackson, F. M. Moore, Neal Smith,
Albert Jones, Clifford Crenshaw,
Wilbur Lancaster, L. B. Chapman, L.
A. McClellan, Oscar Yates, Ivy
Barker, Edd Crenshaw, Fred Sparks,
Wade Harkey, T. H. Crosby, A. C.
Goodwin, Edd Haynes, Waylon
Armstrong, Gordon Pearce, Harold
Phillips, J. D. Bodine, Delbert
Snow, Tommy Albertson, Dewey Cason,
Donald McDorinan, Floyd Donica, Lee
Jones, Lee Traylor, George Riley,
Derald Burns, Jesse Griffin,
Clifford Powe, W. C. Jameson and J.
P. Richardson.
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