Hi, as many of you know I'm working on a book about Grace Baptist Church. If I haven't yet interviewed you, and you'd like to share your thoughts and memories about the church, please contact me at gbcprayerwarriors@gmail.com. When I began my research for the book, I started by looking over the materials at the church. I found previous histories, the last being done about 30 years ago. These histories reviewed how we started in 1872 as a mission, grew into a tent, and then a building, and then a massive church--at one time the largest Protestant church in America. That building is today part of Temple University, its fine arts and performing center. The histories would talk about previous ministers, our locations, etc. What I was really curious about at times was the people of the church. What were those original few that started the mission like? What were they thinking? What were the times like? I've still not det...
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It's nearing the end of August, and this project I began 6 months ago is plodding along. It's been suggested that I create this blog to give a view. Years ago talking to Bob Foell, a cherished member of the church who lived to be 103, I had the original idea of writing about our church. Bob was a joy to talk to, and knew so much about our history and building. Unfortunately work and family took my attention away from this concept, until now. Recently several of us were at Larry Davis' daughter's memorial, and the people at the table were reminiscing about memories of the old church. And Pastor Steve mentioned the upcoming 150th anniversary coming up in 2022. Voila, the long-ago-concept finally got off the ground. I am still in the process of contacting current and near-current members for phone interviews, speaking to them about how they started coming to GBCBB, memories of the church downtown, other favorite memories, and anything else they'd l...