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UTAH — Salt Lake County
History of Gilead Baptist Churchtranscription donated by John Hewes | |
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August 24, 1949 The Burlington and Rio Grande Baptist Churches merged into what is now known as "The Gilead Baptist Church." A new building site was purchased at the corner of Concord and Pacific Streets. In the fall of 1949 the ground was broken for the new building. The footings and foundation were almost completed before it became too cold to go any further. The American Baptist Home Mission Society presented a grant totaling $18,500 for this new building. A Building Committee was appointed to work with the pastor and Mr. M. E. Harris, the architect. These men, Mr. K. B. Fisher, Mr. H. L. Barnum, and Mr. William Wilkerson spent many hours working over the plans. Much credit is due them for their tireless efforts and their deep concern for this project. Their technical knowledge and abilities were at the command of the church we are grateful to them. The New Born church has been gradually growing. During the winter of 49-50 new Sunday School classes were organized and the attendance at the worship services increased considerable. Almost every available corner in the old Rio Grande building is utilized for a class. The Gilead ladies organized two circles, the Dorcas, and Galilians. The Dorcas Society meets in the afternoons and the Galileans meet in the evenings. These ladies groups are active and serving their church in every way possible. Several activities were sponsored by them to raise money for the new building project. The men of the church have met to consider the possibility of organizing a mens group. Though the actual organization has not taken place this first year we feel that it will be done soon. The first officers for the Gilead Baptist Church were: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Gilead Baptist Church had 75 charter members resident and eleven charter members non-resident. Since that date twelve new members have been added making a total of 98 members to this date: The names of these members are as follows. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Membership of Gilead Baptist Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New Members First Year:
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