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Kentucky

Christian Denominations and Sects

2022

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First Church Of Christ, Scientist - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Oct 2022

First Church Of Christ, Scientist - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3654), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3654. “Historical Record of First Church of Christ, Scientist,” a narrative by Kate (Topmiller) Hunt outlining the formation and growth of a Christian Science Society in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and the chartering of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in 1925. Includes a list of the early members and a photograph of the church building at 11th and Center Streets in Bowling Green.


Christian Science Society - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3640), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2022

Christian Science Society - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 3640), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3640. Legal papers, notes and historical data relating to the Christian Science Society, Bowling Green, Kentucky, particularly its acquisition of the church at 11th and Center Streets in Bowling Green, formerly the home of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Second Baptist Church. Includes articles of incorporation and bylaws for the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Bowling Green (1967) and draft articles of incorporation for the Society (1994).


The Integration Of Black Students At Asbury Theological Seminary, Thomas Hampton Jan 2022

The Integration Of Black Students At Asbury Theological Seminary, Thomas Hampton

The Asbury Journal

This article explores the process of racial integration at Asbury Theological Seminary, especially through the lens of its African American students, who began taking classes in 1958. Of particular importance is the response of the local community in Wilmore and Jessamine County, Kentucky, which was strongly opposed to the move and led to a shooting incident at the Seminary’s administration building which made national news at the time. With material drawn from an interview with Rev. Douglass Fitch, one of the first two students to a tuned the seminary, it notes how the support of some administrators, Free Methodist students, …