Bellevue Baptist Church
40 N. Bellevue
Memphis, Tenn.
Dr. Robert G. Lee, Pastor
In this notably lovely and air-conditioned sanctuary the Bible is believed and preached and God worshipped. Over 18,000 people have united with this church in the last 25 years.
Every Visitor An Honored Guest
A little bit of both sides are cut off of the scan. I couldn't fit it all on the scanner!
fold in the sides and seal - has a place for 'Post Card Address' and 'place 3 c stamp here'
Ektachrome transparencies by Dorothy M. Moore
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Bellevue Baptist was founded in 1903 by Central Baptist Church as a mission church on the outskirts of Memphis. With a small $1,000 gift from member Fannie Jobe, pastor Thomas Potts, led the congregation to build a one-room stone chapel at the corner of Bellevue and Erskine Avenues. The first service was held on July 12, 1903 with Bellevue's first pastor, Dr. Henry Hurt.
The church completed a 3,000 seat building in 1952, which was one of the first air-conditioned churches in Memphis. Bellevue became one of the largest Southern Baptist churches in the United States in the 1950s with more than 9,000 members. The church relocated to its current building (2000 Appling Road), which seats 7,000, on a 377 acre campus in Cordova, a Memphis suburb, in 1989.
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