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Shannon Johnson Kershner is the current pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta.Kershner has previously worked as pastor at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois; Black Mountain Presbyterian Church in Black Mountain, North Carolina; and Woodhaven Presbyterian Church in Irving, Texas. [1]
The church is the second-oldest African-American Congregational Church in the United States. The American Missionary Association (AMA) established the Storrs School in Atlanta. The school served as a center for social services, education, and worship for newly freed blacks. Worshipers at the school's services petitioned for a church of their own.
The church was started by Youssef and 28 people who held a meeting in a local school in 1987. [1] Before its expansion in the late 1990s, the church had 1,150 members and a capacity to seat 1,500. [2] In 2006 at least 3,000 people attended services in the $70 million brick building, then recently completed. [1]
Today, the predominantly Black Pentecostal church has some 3,000 fellowshipped members, most of whom are LGBTQI+. And, like many organizations that serve marginalized groups, it rests on a ...
The church building in 1907. The church was founded in 1848 in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. [1] Charles Stanley, joined the staff in 1969 and became senior pastor in 1971. [2] [3] In the late 20th century, a commercial facility was purchased on Atlanta's Interstate 285 and the church relocated to the larger, more accessible property in DeKalb ...
Charles Frazier Stanley Jr. (September 25, 1932 – April 18, 2023) was an American Southern Baptist pastor and writer. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020.
As the city grew to the north, several Presbyterians felt the need for a new church in the area. The first organizational meeting for the new church were held about 1894 by Mrs. Joseph M. High, Mrs. J. D. McCarty, and Mrs. Clem Harris, who were members of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta.