South Main Baptist Church
South Main Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Houston, Texas. Located in Houston's midtown area, the church has a long history in the city. The church was named "Church of the Year" by Guideposts Magazine.[1]
History
The church was originally founded in 1903 as Tuam Baptist Church. The church moved to its current location on South Main Street in 1930 and was renamed to South Main Baptist Church. Between 1934 and 1939, the church hosted the University of Houston campus before the university moved to its current location on Cullen Blvd.
Sanguinet, Staats, Hedrick A and Gottlieb were hired to design the new structure in 1924 for the then Tuam Baptist Church. [2]The church moved to its current location when the new building was completed in 1930. A service by Dr. George W. Truett was held to commemorate the new structure.[3]
Pastors
- 1903 - 1906 Dr. Livingston Talliaferro Mays
- 1906 - 1907 Pastor Charles T. Alexander
- 1908 - 1911 Pastor J.W. Loving
- 1911 - 1917 Pastor Amos Dempsey Sparkman
- 1918 - 1937 Dr. Montrose Madison Wolf
- 1938 - 1971 Dr. E. Hermond Westmoreland
- 1972 - 1984 Dr. Kenneth Leon Chaffin
- 1985 - 2002 Dr. William Lewis Turner
- 2003 - Curr Dr. Stephen C. Wells
Missions
South Main Baptist Church assisted in the creation of Operation San Andres, a non-profit group that feeds orphans in Peru. [4]