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African American churches

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 202 Collections and/or Records:

501(c)3 Meeting: Meeting Minutes and E-Mails, 2003

 File — Box 130, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, annual session programs, meeting minutes, financial reports, typescripts, newsletters, and Sunday Order of Service programs. Also holds documents pertaining to assistant pastor and pastoral employment searches.

Dates: 2003
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.2: Morris Street Baptist Church / 4.4.2.1: Various Documents

Appreciation Service for Pastor and Minister Clinton Brantley, 2014

 File — Box 129, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, event programs, and financial records from the church Benjamin J. Whipper pastored (the church's third pastor, 1940-1997). Lucille Whipper was the Minister of Music, and also instituted a Church Tutorial Program in 1991.

Dates: 2014
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.1: Saint Matthew's Baptist Church

Appreciation Service for Reverend Dr. Alphonso R. Blake, 2003

 File — Box 130, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, annual session programs, meeting minutes, financial reports, typescripts, newsletters, and Sunday Order of Service programs. Also holds documents pertaining to assistant pastor and pastoral employment searches.

Dates: 2003
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.2: Morris Street Baptist Church / 4.4.2.1: Various Documents

Audio Cassette Tapes, 2001 - 2003

 File — Box 134
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains the sub-series: Various Documents, and Audio-Visual Materials.

Dates: 2001 - 2003
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.2: Morris Street Baptist Church / 4.4.2.2: Audio-Visual Materials

Auxiliaries and Committees, 2003

 File — Box 130, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

Includes Missionary Meeting documents.

Dates: 2003
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.2: Morris Street Baptist Church / 4.4.2.1: Various Documents

Bethel A.M.E. Church (Columbia, SC), 1988

 File — Box 137, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains weekly and event programs, correspondence, and booklets from various Baptist churches, and other denominational churches in South Carolina and other states. Also includes documents regarding the tragedy (referred to as "The Mother Emanuel 9") which took place at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on 17 June 2015.

Dates: 1988
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.4: African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Churches / 4.4.4.1: South Carolina A.M.E. Churches

Bible Study Notes, 2009 - 2012

 File — Box 129, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, event programs, and financial records from the church Benjamin J. Whipper pastored (the church's third pastor, 1940-1997). Lucille Whipper was the Minister of Music, and also instituted a Church Tutorial Program in 1991.

Dates: 2009 - 2012
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.1: Saint Matthew's Baptist Church

Bible Study Questionnaire and Activity Questions, 2006

 File — Box 131, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, annual session programs, meeting minutes, financial reports, typescripts, newsletters, and Sunday Order of Service programs. Also holds documents pertaining to assistant pastor and pastoral employment searches.

Dates: 2006
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.2: Morris Street Baptist Church / 4.4.2.1: Various Documents

"Black on Black Crime Conference , 22 September 1979

 File — Box 161, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Contains transcript of Whipper's address, "Loss of Talents and Human Resources Crime is destroying a whole generation of young Blacks."

Dates: 22 September 1979
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 5: Civic, Community, and Social Involvement / 5.11: Charleston and South Carolina Organizational Affiliations / 5.11.1: Charleston and Columbia South Carolina Organizations

Business and Family Meeting Minutes and Financial Reports, 2007

 File — Box 132, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains correspondence, annual session programs, meeting minutes, financial reports, typescripts, newsletters, and Sunday Order of Service programs. Also holds documents pertaining to assistant pastor and pastoral employment searches.

Dates: 2007
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / Lucille Simmons Whipper papers / Series 4: Religious Affiliations and Organizations / 4.4: Churches / 4.4.2: Morris Street Baptist Church / 4.4.2.1: Various Documents
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