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| Immanuel Baptist Church |
Photo 5/7/2000 John A. Bullock III.
15th & Potter St.
Chester, PA 19013
Picture of "Entertainment", c. 1917
Picture of the Championship Basketball Team 1924-1925
If you have any information and or pictures that you would like to contribute about the history of this church, please forward it to john@oldchesterpa.com| Former Pastors: | The Rev. Selden R. Cummings, 3/1/1899
- 8/4/1904 The Reverend S. J. Cleeland, 10/26/1904 - 7/31/1907 The Reverend G. W. Wendel, 2/10/1908 - 6/30/1909 The Rev. Herbert J. Lane, 9/1/1909 - 3/1/1920 The Rev. Dr. Eric Oesterle, 5/1/1920 - 1/11/1925 [Picture] The Rev. Edwin S. Fry, 5/1/1925 - 5/16/1938 The Rev. Ralph Pugh, 11/5/1939 - 3/2/1947 The Rev. Ellery B. Haskell, 4/7/1942 - 6/10/1945 The Rev. Harry Dick, 10/6/1945 - 11/1/1954 The Rev. Dr. Lyle O. Bristol, interim, 11/1/1954-9/25/1955 The Rev. Dr. Raymond J. Bean, interim, 1/2/1955 - 6/24/1956 The Rev. P. E. Thornton, Jr., 6/24/1956 - 1/7/1958 The Rev. Dr. George Davis, interim, 1/12/1958 - 6/1/1958 The Rev. Ernest H. MacEwen, 6/1/1958 - 8/31/1962 The Rev. Dr. Lloyd H. Parkinson, interim, 9/1/1962 - 12/31/1962 The Rev. Egbert H. Frye, 1/1/1963 - 10/14/1964 The Rev. Richard R. King, interim, 11/15/1964 - 12/12/1965 The Rev. John F. Layton, 12/13/1965 - 2/4/1968 The Rev. Alexander Cairns, interim, 3/14/1968 - 9/8/1968 The Rev. Donald Shaw, interim, 10/9/1968 - 12/18/1969 The Rev. Ralph R. Schmidt, interim, 2/1/1970 - 6/14/1970 The Rev. William A. Rader, 9/2/1970 - 12/23/1973 The Rev. Dr. Eugene Wright, interim, 1/9/1974 - 10/31/1974 The Rev. William J. Hillman, 11/1974 - 12/31/1987 The Rev. Dr. John Vanderbeck, interim, 1/1/1988 - 5/31/1988 The Rev. G. William Zuspan, 6/1/1988 - 10/31/1990 The Rev. Raymond Heist, interim, 11/12/1990 - 2/24/1990 Mr. William LaForge, interim, 3/3/1991 - 5/26/1991 The Rev. Joseph Puckett, interim, 6/2/1991 - 11/24/1991
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| Church History | The Immanual Baptist Church of
Chester, PA was organized on February 16, 1899. The building was purchased by Samuel A. Crozer and was enlarged and improved by S. R. Bell. The church building at 15th & Potter St. was dedicated on January 12, 1902. Closing services for this church were held on November 24, 1991. The building is now a part of the Widener University campus and is used as a facility for the performing arts . Thanks to Janet Moulder, jmoulder@aol.com, (Church Treasurer for 15 years, Secretary near the end, and lifetime member at Immanuel) for letting us know that the old records from Immanuel Baptist are housed at: American Baptist Churches in the USA. |
© 2000, 2001 John A. Bullock III.
This page last updated 02/24/07