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Despite the restrictions of slavery, several black
ministers gained wide recognition before the Civil War.
John Chavis was licensed as a Presbyterian minister as
early as 1801. "Uncle Harry" Cowan was such a
renowned preacher that North Carolina regiments to the
Conference Army took him along to the war. Dr. Louis
Perry led revivals in both Methodist and Baptist
churches in Louisburg. ~
Chavis was reputed to have attended Princeton
University on a dare that "a negro could not be
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university has not record of his having matriculated
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There is some evidence that Chavis attended
Washington Academy (Washington and Lee University)
at Lexington, Va.
| Listing^ of Black
Following is a listing of local black churches by the
decade of their founding. During the 12 weeks of our
series "The History of Black Churches in WinstonSalem,"
we will discuss the churches chronologically
in that order. If you have information about the
churches, their history and the personalities
involved, contace: Church History, Winston-Salem
Chronicle, P.O. Box 3154, Winston-Salem, N.C.
27102 or call 722-8624. We would appreciate
hearing about other churches not included in this
listing.
1820a
St. Phillip's Moravian Church
1850a
Bethania Moravian (now A.M.E. Zion) Church
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1870a ^
St. Paul's United itohodist Church
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First Baptist Church
Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church
1880a
Tabernacle A.M.E. Zion Church
St. James A.M.E. Zion Church
Best's Alley Zion Methodist Church
1890a
Mt. Zion Baptist Chufth
1900b
New Bethel Baptist Church
Primitive Baptist Church
Missionary Baptist Church
Primitive (new) Baptist Church
Rising Ebenezer Baptist Church
Shiloh Baptist Church
West End Baptist Church
High Maple Disciples Church
Holy People's Tabernacle
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
People's Choice A.M.E. Zion Church
Saint's Home United Methodist Church
St. James Chapel United Methodist Church
Union Bethel A.M.E. Zion Church
Oak Grove Moravian Church
Grace Presbyterian Church
Union Mission
1910-20
Antioch Baptist Church
Fairview Mission Baptist Church
Friendship Baptist Church
Holy Mission Baptist Church
^cgfrMacedonia Baptist Church
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Mt. Calvary No. 2 Baptist Church
* Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
Nazarene Baptist Church
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Reynolds Temple C.M.E. Church
Waughtown Baptist Church
Ogburn Street Christian Church
Main Street Christian Church
Church of God and Saints of Christ
Church of the First Born
Goler Memorial A.M.E. Church
Hanes C.M.E. Church
Mays Chapel A.M.E. Church
Trade Street A.M.E. Church
1920-30
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Bethlehem Baptist Church
Bright Light Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church
First Institutional Baptist Church
Liberia Baptist Church
Ml Calvary Baptist Church
MT. Carmcl Baptist Church ^
Ml. Olive Baptist Church
New Light Baptist Church
Pleasant Union Baptist Church
Pentacostal Assembly
St. John's Baptist Church
White Rock Baptist Church
Yates Baptist Chinch
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Chavis served as a riding missionary in Maryland,
Virginia and North Carolina during the period from 1802
to 1832. He returned to North Carolina in 1805 and
joined the Orange Presbytery where he preached in
Orange, Granville and Wake Counties.
The minister is best known for his education work. He
operated a school near Raleigh where he educated the
sons of prominent whites as well as free black children.
Chavis died in the late 1830's, but he has been
recognized in Raleigh by the naming of a housing
complex and a park.
"Uncle Harry" Cowan never got a license, but was
known throughout the state as a Baptist preacher.
Accoding to historial Rev. J.A. Whitted, "His master
being present at a funeral was so struck with his gift to preach
God's word that he granted .Jbjm "privilege
Churches by Perio
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Spencer Memorial Christian Church
Cleveland Avenue Church of Christ
Union Chapel Church of Christ
Church of God (Cleveland Avenue)
Church of God (Lime Avenue)
Wentz Memorial Cpngregational Church
Fire Baptist Holiness Church
Kimberly Holiness Church
St. Mark Lutheran Church .
St. Andrew's Methodist Church
St. Jone's C.M.E. Church
Starlight Methodist Church
Ogburn Street Seventh Day Advenfist Church
1930-1940
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Antio Beulah Baptist Church
Camel City Baptist Church
^ Columbian Heights Baptist Church
Gethsemane Baptist Church i
Morning Star Baptist Church
Morris Hil, Bantist Churrh
Oak Street Baptist Church
Second Institutional Baptist Church
Belview Apostolic Church
Bethlehem Holiness Church
Calvary Temple Holiness Church
Church of the Living God
Gospel Tabernacle
Holiness Church ofGod. .. . * ,
Holy Trinity Holiness Church ? .
"House of Prayer for .All. People.
Little Holiness Tabernacle
Macedonia Church of God
Mt. Calvary Holiness Church
Mt. Pisgah Holiness Church
New Jerusalem Holiness Church
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Pilgrim Holiness Church ^ Galilee
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papers" to preach anywhere in his four plantations.
Cowan went to the Civil War as the body servant of
Gen. Joseph Johnston. It is said "that he preached every
night but the night that Stonewall Jackson fell" to the
Confederate troops.
Whitted said Cowan preached more than 70 years,
baptizing more than 8,000 people.
"Doctor" Lewis Perry, so called because of his
master, Dr.Wiley Perry in Louisburg, was granted
papers to hold prayer meetings.
"In connection with the white church in which he held
membership, he wassailed upon almost invariably to
state the concluding of the sermon to lead in prayer and
as often as he did, the entire congregation felt greatly
lifted by his deeds," said Whitted in his book Negro
Baptists in North Carolina.
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its founding in $70 and is one of the oldest black church
buildings In North Carolina. A little more contemporary,
bat holding Jast as much heritage la the building of
Bethania A.M.E. Zlon Church, which was began ae a
Moravian congregation In 1850.
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