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To recognize the Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church's 100th Anniversary
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Whereas, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church is celebrating their 100th Anniversary on Sunday September 24, 2006 with special guest speaker Dr. Michael Noble, Pastor, of the Olivet Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois, and
Whereas, On January 16, 1906 six persons met and organized the Southern Mission with a prayer meeting and Sunday school in the home of Sister Ward located on Donaldson Street, and
Whereas, On May 23, 1907 the mission was organized into a Missionary Baptist Church by four parent churches, Second Missionary Baptist Church, Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church, and Bethany Missionary Baptist Church, and
Whereas, The newly organized Pilgrim Baptist Temple and had fourteen members and was the first Baptist church organized by African Americans and built on the south side of Columbus, and
Whereas, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church has been served by ten distinguished pastors from the founding pastor, the Reverend Rufus Lowe, to today and the leadership of Reverend Elon Meeks, and
Whereas, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church is poised for another 100 years of service to the community with two recently completed remodeling projects and the creation of the Faith Based Initiative Corporation in 2005; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That we applaud the Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church for providing 100 years of service to the Columbus community.