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CHURCH HISTORY
The Second Baptist Church is located at 605
South 34th Street ,
Mt.
Vernon, Illinois.
The year is 1991 and Brother Jim Duncan is
the Pastor .
On November 18th, 1904, at 2 p.m. ,
a group of Baptists met in a
tent on the corner of Welkins Street and Conger Avenue to organize a
Baptist Church.
Reverend B .F.
Rodman,
District Missionary,
was chosen as moderator.
Reverend A.A.
Todd ,
Pastor of First Baptist Church
of Mt.
Vernon,
Illinois,
was chosen as clerk.
Seventy-three members of the First Baptist
Church were, at their own request ,
granted letters of dismissal
for the purpose of organizing into the Second Baptist Church of Mt.
Vernon,
Illinois.
The bui lding
site on Conger Avenue near 11th Street was chosen December 29th,
1904,
and Reverend J.W.
Allen was called as the first
Pastor.
The church building was dedicated the fourth
Sunday in July ,
1905. This structure was
destroyed by fire in 1940,
along with many of the church records.
Within a year ,
under the leadership of their
Pastor,
Reverend Sam McCoy, the congregation
had built a brick and stone structure which
now stands on the original location at 11th and Conger.
On September 19 ,
1956,
the church decided to move to
a new location.
On October 17,1956,
the church purchased the
present site consisting of 10 l/2
acres of ground at 605 South 34th Street.
The cost of the ground was $16,500.00.
On December 2 ,
1958,
Reverend W.
Carl Whittington returned to
begin a third term as Pastor.
The ground was paid for and the Deed
recorded during the Spring of 1960 .
The Auditorium and North unit of the
educationa l
building were dedicated July 30,
1961.
The South unit was dedicated July 29 ,
1962.
The Sanctuary Extension was dedicated
November 24 ,
1974.
The Fellowship Hall and adjoining classrooms
were dedicated September 19 ,
1976.
Note burning ceremonies were
held September 23,
1984.
Second Baptist Church is affiliated with the
Salem South Baptist Association ,
Illinois Baptist State
Association,
and The Southern Baptist Convention.
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1. J. W. Allen
2. Arthur Bell
3. P. H. Haney
4. Charles Bersche
5. L. L. Stirwalt
6. Calbert
7. J. H. Bagwell
8. J. H. Volvia
9. E. J. Urch
10. J. W. Patterson
11. A. P. Hall
12. J. E. Anderson
13. Bird Green
14. F. F. Hedges
15. F. L. Karnes
16. Bird Green
17. L. L. Tucker
18. Sam McCoy
19. A. T. Starkey
20. Sam McCoy
21. Carl Whittington
22. T. H. Dorris
23. Robert "Bob" Riley
24. Carl Whittington
25. Frank Lloyd Trotter
26. Tellis Young
27. Carl Whittington
28. Clifford Burney
29. James Feaman
30. Gary Zinn June
31. Paul E. Hatfield
32. Jimmy R. Duncan
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Dec. 1904 - 1906
Feb. 1907 - Feb. 1908
Jan. 1909 - Dec 1909
Apr. 1910 - July 1913
Jan. 1914 - 1915
March 1916
March 1916 - Aug. 1916
Nov. 1916 - June 1917
July 1917 - September 1917
Nov. 1917 - Sept. 28, 1921
Called & ordained. No more information.
Jan. 1922 - Aug. 1922
Oct. 10, 1922 - Sept. 1, 1925
Oct. 5, 1925 - Sept. 1927
Aug. 3, 1927 - 1929
July 31, 1929 - July 30, 1930
Aug. 1930 - June 1934
Aug. 1, 1934 - June 1942
July 1942 - May 23, 1943
June 2, 1943 - October 1945
Oct. 1945 - Aug. 31, 1949
Sept. 1949 - Sept. 1950
Sept. 1950 - Nov. 1951
Dec. 6, 1951 - Sept. 26, 1954
Nov. 1954 - December 1955
Feb. 1956 - Sept. 1958
Nov. 1958 - Aug. 4, 1968
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Dec. 1968 - 1974
March 1974 - Dec. 1981
1982 - June 1984
Sept. 1985 - March 1989
April 7, 1991 - Present
*Under
his pastorate the church moved
to 605 S. 34th St.
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