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Corinthian Baptist Church
The Corinthian Baptist Church,
located on Mero Street, was organized on July 4, 1876. Its first pastor
was
the Rev. James H. Parrish,
In 1929, under the pastorate of the Rev. W. L. Campbell, an Annex was built,
which contains a Sunday School
room downstairs and a pastor's study and seven additional rooms
upstairs,
which are used for the various
activities of the church. Its present pastor is the Rev. L. V. Jenkins. It
numbers
among its pastors Rev. Reuben
Strauss, Rev. R. H. C. Mitchell, Rev. William A. Credit, Rev. E. T.
Fishback.
This church owns its parsonage,
which is located on Murray Street.
Source: The Colored
Churches of Frankfort, by Dr. E. E. Underwood
The State Journal
- Saturday, October 3, 1936
Ministers 1876-1910
James H. Parrish, 1876; C.
C. Stumm, 1879; Reuben Straus, 1882; James Mason, until 1884; E. Richie,
1884: R.H.C. Mitchell,
1895; W. H. Craighead, 1886;
William A. Credit, 1890; Benjamin W. Farris, 1892; W. E. Claybrook, 1896;
D. S. Omer, 1897;
E. T. Fishback, 1899; F. G.
Brookins, 1902; E. J. Jackson 1910
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