CHURCHES & RELIGION

MISCELLANEOUS INFO

INFO BY TIME PERIOD

SPECIFIC CHURCHES

MISCELLANEOUS INFO

• HISTORY OF JAX CHURCHES & RELIGION -- Info about the history of churches & religion in Jacksonville  can be found in the book History of Jacksonville Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis, 1925).  Go to pages 393-414.  The entire book is online at the website for the Florida Heritage Collection.  STEP #1 -- When you get to the website, use a keyword search for the following words: "Jacksonville" "vicinity". This will retrieve the book.  STEP #2 -- Click on the link "Electronic resource (JPEG)."  This will retrieve the screen that allows you to choose a page number. STEP #3 -- Go to the bottom of the screen & select a page number.  This will open the book at that page.

• BAPTIST -- FLORIDA BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY -- Homepage.

• CATHOLIC HISTORY OF FLORIDA -- Info about Catholicism in Florida.  From "The St. Augustine Catholic Online."

• EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF FLORIDA -- History of the diocese, which is headquartered in Jacksonville.  From the diocese's homepage.

• ISLAM IN FLORIDA -- Listen to an audio report entitled "Islam in Florida."  Provided by the Florida Humanities Council.  NOTE: When you get to the webpage, click on the heading "Last Month's Programs."  Keep clicking this heading until you get to the page that contains the audio report you want. 

• JEWISH HISTORY -- Info about the Jewish history of Jacksonville.  From the Jacksonville Jewish Center.

• CHURCH LINKS -- List of links to several dozen Jacksonville area churches.  From JaxHomePages.com.

INFO BY TIME PERIOD

• BILLY SUNDAY IN JAX -- Florida Times-Union article called "Sunday Brought Passion," by Bill Foley.  Tells about the Jacksonville visit of the legendary evangelist Billy Sunday in 1920.

• FEMALE BAPTIST PREACHER -- Baptist Standard article entitled "Commentary: Grandmother Was a Preacher," by Patrick Anderson.  Tells about a Jacksonville woman who faced opposition when she wanted to become a Baptist preacher some years ago.

• JAX MINISTER IN 1930s -- A minister's experiences in Jacksonville during the 1930s.  From a website by Robert Gee Witty.

SPECIFIC CHURCHES

• ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL -- Established in 1885.  From the church's website.

• ARLINGTON CONGREGATIONAL -- Summary of this church's long history. From the church's homepage.

• BETHEL BAPTIST -- History & photos from the church's website. 

• BETHEL BAPTIST -- History of both the First Baptist Church and Bethel Baptist Church.  Furnished by the First Baptist Church.

• BETHEL BAPTIST -- Historical info.  From an article entitled "Going Back to Bethel," by Larry Thomas from Neighborhoods magazine. 

• BETHEL BAPTIST -- "History and Souvenir of Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, Jacksonville, Florida" either is or will be available online in its entirety.  It is being provided by the Florida Heritage Collection. 

• CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOR EPISCOPAL -- Brief overview of the church, from the Florida Historical Markers Program.  BACKGROUND INFO:  Located in Mandarin, this church  was regularly attended by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.  

• CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOR -- Detailed history, from the church's website.

• CONGREGATION AHAVATH CHESED -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Millennium Moment: Feb. 4, 1982," by Bill Foley.  Provides some of the history of this Jewish synagogue in Jacksonville. 

• CONGREGATION AHAVATH CHESED -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Temple is as old as Moses: Synagogue celebrates its 120th anniversary," by Dan Scanlan.  Tells about Congregation Ahavath Chesed.

• CONGREGATION AHAVATH CHESED -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Synagogue rededicates Wurn library," by Dan Scanlan.  Tells about the Wurn Library at Congregation Ahavath Chesed in Mandarin.  The Wurn Library ranks as the largest synagogue library in the Southeast, and it contains a history of Florida's second oldest Jewish congregation.

• DAYSPRING BAPTIST CHURCH -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "FCCJ's purchase of downtown church near camped campus would expand 3 acres," by Beth Kormanik.  Tells about the purchase of Dayspring Baptist Church building, which had housed a historically predominantly African American church.

• DAYSPRING BAPTIST CHURCH -- Jacksonville Business Journal article entitled "City to evaluate church building," by Michael Fitzgerald.

• FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH -- History of the First Baptist Church, from the church's website.

• FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH -- History of both the First Baptist Church and Bethel Baptist Church.  Furnished by the First Baptist Church.

• FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Millennium Moment: January 5, 1969," by Bill Foley.  Provides some info about Homer G. Lindsay, Jr., and Homer G. Lindsay, Sr., former pastors of First Baptist.

• FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GARDEN CITY -- History of this church, from the website "The Northsider."

• FIRST PRESBYTERIAN -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Jacksonville church marks 100 years," by Charlie Patton.  Tells about Jacksonville's First Presbyterian Church.

• FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -- First Coast News item entitled "Downtown church remembers rebuilding after the "Great Fire of 1901."  Tells about the First Presbyterian Church.

• IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Immaculate Collection Thesis Illuminates History Behind Church's Windows," by Charlie Patton.  Give info about the historic stain glass windows in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church downtown.

• JACKSONVILLE JEWISH CENTER -- History of the center, beginning in early 1900s.  From the center's homepage.

• "MOTHER" MIDWAY A.M.E. CHURCH -- Brief historical overview, from the Florida Historical Markers Program.  BACKGROUND INFO:  Founded in 1865, Mother Midway was the first black independent church that was organized in Florida.  The original church building no longer exists.  However, the congregation has been in continuous existence since the church's establishment.  

• PHILIPS CONGREGATIONAL -- Florida Times-Union article called "Grant Would Save History," by Dan Scanlan.  Tells about efforts to save the Craig Swamp Cemetery and the former Philips Congregational Church.  Both landmarks are located in the Southside.  

• PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE GREEK ORTHODOX -- History info from the church's website.

• RIVERSIDE AVENUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Millennium Moment: Aug. 1, 1936," by Bill Foley.  Tells about Jacksonville minister J. E. Barbee of  the Riverside Avenue Christian Church.  Barbee gained some fame during mid 1900s.

• RIVERSIDE BAPTIST -- Florida Times-Union article called "Millennium Moment: December 6, 1912," by Bill Foley.  Tells about the construction of  buildings for Riverside Baptist Church in 1912.  

• ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "A Piece of History Preserved," by Sandy Strickland.  Tells about the successful efforts to preserve the beautiful St. Andrews Episcopal Church, located near Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville. BACKGROUND INFO: The church was constructed in 1887.  It now contains the offices of the Jacksonville Historical Society.   

• ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL -- Historical info, from the Jacksonville Historical Society's website.

• ST. PAUL'S BY-THE-SEA EPISCOPAL -- History of the oldest church in what is now Jacksonville Beach.  From the church's website.

• SNYDER METHODIST -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Citizens offer ideas: Downtown plans spark discussion," by Lynn Skapyak Harlin.   Tells about the historic Snyder Memorial Church building.

• SOUTH JACKSONVILLE PRESBYTERIAN -- Historical info from the church's homepage.

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