Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church - Montgomery, AL
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N 32° 24.475 W 086° 18.450
16S E 565119 N 3585862
Located on Dempsey Street in northern Montgomery, this church is one of many African-American churches where the congregation became physically divided by highway construction.
Waymark Code: WM1833F
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2023
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Marker text:
One of the oldest continuously existing African
American churches in Montgomery. Pleasant Grove
Missionary Baptist Church was founded in 1881 by
the Rev. J. H. Kennedy. The original sanctuary was
a small wooden building, heated in colder months
by a large black stove. Congregants worshipped
there until completion of a new building in 1957.
The church was a beacon for "Punkin Town'
"Pratt Quarters" in an era before highway
construction divided the neighborhood. For
generations, church members have endeavored to
welcome through its doors those in need.
"Upon this rock I will build my church; and
the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
~Matthew 16:18
Marker Name: Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church - Established 1881
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Alabama Historical Association.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2019
Marker Number: N/A
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