Bellevue Baptist Church

Bellevue Baptist Church (English Bellevue Baptist Church ) is a large Southern Baptist megachurch in Memphis, Tennessee.

History

The Bellevue Baptist Church was built in 1903 as a single-aisled stone mission chapel on the outskirts of Memphis on the corner of Bellevue Avenue and Erskine. The first service was held with the first pastor, Dr. Henry Hurt on July 12, 1903. 32 founding members signed the official certificate of incorporation on August 9, 1903 In the 1950s the church with 3000 seats and the first air-conditioned church in Memphis was to -. , And expanded. In 1989 the building was re-erected at a new location (2000 Appling Road) with 7,000 seats on a 1.6 -acre site. The building's location near Interstate 40 is characterized by three crosses (45.75 m and 36.50 m, two times ).

Pastor

• Dr. Henry Hurt (1903-1914)
• Dr. Richard M. Inlow (1915-1920)
• Dr. William M. Bostick (1920-1927)
• Dr. Robert G. Lee (1927-1960)
• Dr. Ramsey Pollard (1960-1972)
• Dr. Adrian Rogers (1972-2005)
• Dr. Steve Gaines (2005 -)