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Friendship Baptist Church

Friendship Baptist Church

Friendship Baptist Church, on S. Brevard St. in Second Ward, was demolished as part of urban renewal. In October 1963, the congregration left the original site and held worship services at Northwest Junior High School. They raised the funds for the new church through tithes and offerings. 

Church members bought the 3.8 acres for the present site at 3301 Beatties Ford Rd.

The Rev. Colemon Kerry, Jr. dedicated the new Friendship Baptist Church on Beatties Ford Road on July 5, 1970. Rev. Kerry, who came to the church as a young man, led Friendship for 33 years until his death in 1981.