Pilgrim Baptist Church - Centennial Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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9 - I join with others in extending to you warmest greetings on this historic occasion, The Lord has blessed your labors through the years and you have made a contribution both to H your local community, to the nation and the world. May the grace of God sustain you in this hour, and preserve 553 1253 rl' your strength for the task of the future. 5 MZ! President J. H. jackson, The National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. As President of the American Baptist Convention and on behalf of its more than 6000 sister churches, we most heartily congratulate pastor and people of the Pilgrim Baptist Church of St. Paul on the significant occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the founding of your historic church. Your church is uniquely outstanding in having been founded by ex-slaves from Missouri. You are further distinguished by having obtained the rank of the largest predominately Negro church in your state of Minnesota. Our hearts and our most brotherly prayers rejoice tremen- dously with you on this Anniversary occasion with the assur- ance that God will lead you forward through all the years to come, guiding you by the pillar of fire by night and the pillar of cloud by day. We rejoice that your pastor also is a great leader of the expanding World Mission of our churches and we pray God's special blessings upon him. Cordially yours in Christ's service, , 'TPB ,. I fi1?U 5V74fi Benjamin P, Browne President of the American Baptist Convention gi as Yours truly, J. H. jackson President President Benjamin P. Browne, American Baptist Convention

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Early Deacon Board During L. W. Harris Administra- tion, 1927: Left to right, front row, Benjamin Stephens, William Howard, John B. johnson, George james, George Wills. Back row: Charles Walker, Thaddeus Stepp, William Hood, William Black. Early Choir, L. W. Harris Administration, 1953, Left to right, first row, A. V. Hall, Mary Young, Berdella Sheldon Cora Belle Banks, Birdie High, Earline Walker, Shelley Lewis, Freda Harris, Helen Lawrence, Hattie Hall. Second row: Timothy Howard, Emma Hood, Ruth Brown, Mattie Rhodes, Ermine Allen, Icesam Oliver, Cora Dilling- ham, Ted Harris, jr., C. David Milligan, -Ir. Third row: Leonard Oliver, james Cooke, james Combs, Emily Harris, Elizabeth Hall, Annie jordan, Alberta Pleasant James Murphy, A, J. Lewis, Fred Sheldon. Opening Day, Pilgrim Baptist Church, 1928