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Church in Tennessee, U.s.

Bellevue Baptist Church
Bellevue Baptist Church in 2006
35°10′54″N 89°48′29″Westward  /  35.181556°N 89.808136°West  / 35.181556; -89.808136 Coordinates: 35°x′54″Due north 89°48′29″West  /  35.181556°N 89.808136°W  / 35.181556; -89.808136
Location	Cordova, Tennessee
Country	United States
Denomination	Southern Baptist Convention
Membership	approx. thirty,000 (2017)[1]
Website	www.bellevue.org
History
Founded	1903 (1903)
Founder(due south)	Thomas Potts and Fundamental Baptist Church

Bellevue Baptist Church building is a Southern Baptist megachurch in the Cordova area of Memphis, Tennessee, U.s.a.. Bellevue is the largest church in Memphis and is one of the leading churches in the Southern Baptist Convention. Bellevue'southward goals are to "Love God, Beloved People, Share Jesus, and Make Disciples." The church'due south head pastor has been Steve Gaines since 2005.

History [edit]

Bellevue Baptist was founded in 1903 by Fundamental Baptist Church as a mission church on the outskirts of Memphis. With a small $one,000 gift from fellow member Fannie Jobe, Pastor Thomas Potts led the congregation to build a one-room rock chapel at the corner of Bellevue and Erskine Avenues. The commencement service was held on July 12, 1903 with Bellevue's first pastor, Henry Hurt. Xxx-ii founding members signed the official charter on August nine, 1903. The church completed a 3,000 seat building located at 70 N. Bellevue in 1952, which was one of the first air-conditioned churches in Memphis. Bellevue became one of the largest Southern Baptist churches in the United states in the 1950s with more than than 9,000 members. The church building relocated to its electric current building (2000 Appling Road), which seats 7,000 in the main sanctuary, on a 377-acre (153 ha) campus in Cordova, a Memphis suburb, in 1989. Bellevue is ranked 80th in the largest and fasting growing churches in America by LifeWay Research for Outreach Magazine.^[2] The omnipresence has been upwardly to 6,567.^[2]

The church's location near Interstate 40 is marked past a brandish of three crosses. A ceremony held to dedicate and light the crosses took place on New Year's Eve, 1999. Every bit the clock ticked down the concluding moments of the millennium, the Bellevue family unit worshipped at the foot of the cross. At the stroke of midnight, the crosses were illuminated. They are visible from several miles away. The center cross is 150 feet (46 one thousand) tall, flanked by two 120-foot (37 m) crosses.^[three]

Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary is located on 51 acres (21 ha) across the street from Bellevue (35 acres (14 ha) were donated by Bellevue). However, Mid-America operates independently from Bellevue. Nonetheless, the Seminary has maintained a close relationship with the congregation ever since information technology moved to Memphis in 1976; quondam Bellevue pastor Adrian Rogers was an influential figure at MABTS.

Leadership [edit]

Bellevue has been led past only four pastors since 1927. The first service was held on July 12, 1903 with Bellevue'south first pastor, Henry Hurt, saying that he hoped the new church would become "one of the greatest powers for good" that the city of Memphis had e'er seen.^[4] Hurt served as pastor for the first 11 years, resigning because of poor health in 1914.^[iv] When his health improved, he later served as pastor of Spousal relationship Avenue Baptist Church in Memphis. He also served on the building committee for Baptist Memorial Hospital and as commissioner for the Memphis Housing Dominance.^[4] A 2-story wooden frame building was added to the original stone structure in 1910, with evening services sometimes held on the rooftop. Richard K. Inlow served as pastor from 1915–1920, followed by William M. Bostick, pastor from 1920 to 1927.^[4] Because of the growth in membership, a ane,000-seat auditorium was synthetic on Bellevue Avenue, replacing the stone chapel. Dedication for the new building was March 16, 1924.^[4]

Robert Thou. Lee (1927–1960) [edit]

On December eleven, 1927, Robert Greene Lee preached his beginning sermon to the congregation at Bellevue. The membership was 1,430 when he became the church building's fourth pastor. Lee was built-in in a log cabin on November eleven, 1886.^[v] The son of a Southward Carolina sharecropper, he worked his way through school, ultimately graduating with a doctorate in international law from Academy of Chicago Police School in 1919.^[5] Lee preached the sermon Pay-Day Someday more one,200 times at Bible conferences, in state capitol buildings, churches, universities, youth camps, and ballparks across the nation and effectually the world.^[4]

At the time of his death on July twenty, 1978, an estimated three million people had heard him preach Pay-Mean solar day Someday.^[4] To accommodate the crowds that came to hear Lee preach the hour-long sermon each yr on the get-go Lord's day in May, Bellevue moved services to Ellis Auditorium in Memphis. In 1954, Westminister Films captured him in Technicolor delivering his signature sermon.^[iv] Lee authored 56 books, written primarily from his sermons.

While he was pastor of Bellevue, Lee served iii consecutive terms every bit president of the Southern Baptist Convention: 1949, 1950, and 1951. Presiding at the 1951 meeting in San Francisco, he introduced a young Billy Graham to the SBC.^[6] Years later, Graham paid tribute to Lee at his decease calling him "ane of the towering giants of the 20th century".^[6] Church membership grew steadily, and Lee led the manner for construction of a new sanctuary to seat 3,000, with the capacity to seat 600 more than. The new building was located on the same block where the original stone chapel had stood.^[4] When Lee retired in 1960 after serving as pastor for 32 years, Bellevue's membership had grown to ix,200, making information technology the largest Baptist church east of the Mississippi River and the 2nd largest church in the Southern Baptist Convention.^[four]

Under Lee's leadership, a church tradition began during the Great Depression. In December 1934, Lee called for a special "love offering" to assist pay off the church building building debt.^[iv] The goal was set at $30,000, simply church members contributed $36,000. The tradition continues today, with an annual offer taken before Thanksgiving.^[four] Facility structure and campus improvements are financed through the offering, along with local and foreign mission endeavors.^[iv]

Ramsey Pollard (1960–1972) [edit]

William Ramsey Pollard was pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, when Robert G. Lee retired.^[4] On Easter Sunday, Apr 17, 1960, the church voted to telephone call him every bit pastor after he preached at Bellevue.^[4] He continued to preach every bit an evangelist until his death on Apr 26, 1984.^[iv] He was named Pastor Emeritus in 1979.^[4] Pollard received the acme achievement accolade for evangelism from the Tennessee Baptist Convention in 1962, and he was president of the board of Globe Evangelism Foundation of Dallas, Texas.^[4] He was elected president of Southern Baptist Convention in 1959 and unanimously re-elected in 1960.^[iv] During Pollard'due south twelve years at Bellevue, the church hosted an annual Medical Professional person Day.^[4] Bellevue financed and constructed a branch church building, starting time known as Lauderdale Heights Baptist Church and later every bit City View Baptist Church.^[4] An activities edifice was added in 1966 for evangelistic outreach every bit well as for the congregation.^[4] In laurels of the Pollards, information technology was named the Pollard Activities Edifice in 1970. Mrs. Pollard founded the Tennessee Ministers' Wives Association. In 1965 the Pollards organized a church group for senior citizens.^[four]

Adrian Rogers (1972–2005) [edit]

The church's most well-known leader, Adrian Rogers, was the senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist from 1972 until March 2005. During this menstruum, the church's membership grew from 9,000 to over 29,000.^[iv] The 40-year-old native Floridian was pastor of First Baptist Church in Merritt Isle, Florida. On Baronial 13, 1972, at the request of the search committee, Rogers preached his showtime sermon at Bellevue.^[vii] That forenoon after he preached, the congregation unanimously voted for Rogers as the next pastor.^[4] In June 1972, members of the pulpit search commission traveled to Philadelphia to hear Adrian Rogers preach at the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors Conference.^[7] In 1979, Rogers was elected on the beginning ballot as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the world's largest Protestant denomination.^[8] During a flow of theological controversy within the SBC, Rogers helped to lead the SBC back to its historical roots of biblical inerrancy, an effort known as the "Conservative Resurgence".^[8] He was elected president of the SBC once more in 1986 and 1987.^[8] In 2000, he headed a SBC commission charged with revising the denomination'southward statement of faith, The Baptist Faith and Message.^[9] In 1996, the Religious Heritage of America named Rogers Clergyman of the Twelvemonth, and in 2003, he was inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame.^[4] Rogers consulted and prayed personally with four U.S. Presidents (including Ronald Reagan), and was invited by George W. Bush to speak at the National Day of Prayer in 2001.^[10] In 1994, he was asked by Focus on the Family unit founder and president, James Dobson, to serve on the arrangement's board of directors.^[ten] Rogers published 21 books and 52 booklets, including Adrianisms, 2 volumes of his quotes.^[x] His biography, Love Worth Finding: The Life of Adrian Rogers and His Philosophy of Preaching, was published in 2005. Upon his retirement in 2005, Rogers was named Pastor Emeritus.^[11] At his retirement celebration on March iv, the Memphis City Council honored Rogers by naming a segment of Appling Road that runs in front of the west entrance, the Adrian P. Rogers Parkway.^[11] Before Steve Gaines preached his first sermon as Bellevue's seventh pastor on September 11, 2005, Rogers demonstrated his support for his successor in the morning time worship services by washing Gaines' feet and placing a cloth mantel across his shoulders to symbolize the transfer of leadership.^[12] On Nov 15, 2005, Rogers died of complications following colon cancer treatment at age 74. More than than x,000 attended his memorial service at Bellevue on Nov 17, 2005.^[xiii] Local television station WPTY and Daystar Christian Television network broadcast the service live. Speakers included James Dobson of Focus on the Family and Rogers' successor, Steve Gaines.^[13]

Steve Gaines (2005–nowadays) [edit]

On July 10, 2005, members voted to make Steve Gaines the new pastor. Gaines previously served as pastor at First Baptist Church in Gardendale, Alabama; a suburb of Birmingham, for fourteen years. His first sermon equally new pastor at Bellevue was on September xi, 2005. Since 1996, Gaines had preached one time a year at Bellevue by Rogers' invitation.^[14] After 8 months of reviewing potential candidates for senior pastor, the search committee reached a unanimous conclusion.^[14] In the 14 years that Gaines was the senior pastor in Gardendale, 3,251 people were baptized, leading the Alabama Baptist State Convention in baptisms seven out of 10 years.^[15] For Easter 2005, First Baptist Gardendale held community-wide services at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Circuitous with more than ten,000 attending.^[sixteen] A graduate of Matrimony University with a master'due south and doctorate degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he served on the 2000 Baptist Organized religion and Message revision commission for the Southern Baptist Convention along with the commission chairman, Adrian Rogers.^[17] In seminary, Gaines received the H.C. Brown, Jr. Preaching Honour for Outstanding Achievements in the study and practise of preaching. The evangelism kinesthesia likewise presented him with the West. Fred Swank Evangelism Honor. Fred Swank was the legendary pastor of Sagamore Loma Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.^[18]

Gaines was the only Southwestern Seminary graduate to receive both awards. He was ordained to the ministry building in 1980 past his hometown church building Offset Baptist Church of Dyersburg, Tennessee. He pastored churches in Texas and in west Tennessee before becoming pastor of Gardendale'south Showtime Baptist Church.^[17]

Theology [edit]

Bellevue was a key supporter of the conservative faction inside the Southern Baptist Convention during the "conservative/moderate" controversy of the 1970s and 1980s (Rogers served every bit SBC President for iii terms), and the church building remains bourgeois today.

Missions [edit]

Since 1903, Bellevue has been active in local and strange missions. Pastor Robert G. Lee preached in Japan and Korea in 1955.^[4] Through the Southern Baptist Mission Board in 1962, Pastor Ramsey Pollard led Bellevue in being the first church to adopt a Cuban refugee family unit and assist establish them in America. Pastor Adrian Rogers led missions crusades in Brazil (1990) and Romania (1992) with many church members participating. In 1999, the church began a missions emphasis in Central America, with the goal of planting churches.^[4] Bellevue continues to ship out mission teams all over the earth each year, spending $5.five one thousand thousand, one-fourth of its $22 one thousand thousand almanac upkeep on missions. In 2007 a missions squad from Bellevue'due south women's ministry led a conference in Hyderabad, Bharat.^[xix] Bellevue has also planted churches in Honduras, Uruguay and Nicaragua. Bellevue teams have likewise worked in Seattle, WA; Vancouver, BC; and the Dakotas.

Controversies [edit]

Relocation [edit]

After beingness located in the heart of Midtown, Memphis for over lxxx years, Bellevue relocated to its electric current campus in Cordova. By 1983 additions to Midtown campus encompassed a city cake.^[4] On October 30, 1983, the membership voted to movement to the current campus, completing the motion in 1989.^[four] Bellevue's master reasoning behind the move to the other side of the urban center, besides needing more room, was that its membership had inverse, with the majority of information technology now located in the eastern function of the Memphis metro area.^[20] The new campus would be closer to lx percent of the members' residences.^[4] Groundbreaking for the 7,000-seat worship heart was July 19, 1987. On Sunday, November nineteen, 1989, overflow crowds attended dorsum-to-back morn worship services at 2000 Appling Road in Cordova.^[4] In 1991 the church building opened Bellevue Woods, a retirement residence near the church building. A family life center, preschool wing, athletic circuitous, and multipurpose fly with a west lobby entrance were added to the worship middle and two original wings in subsequent years. Holding debts were paid off in 2001. Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church purchased the Midtown property at 70 N. Bellevue in 1992.^[4]

The move created some controversy both in the city and church building communities. Some saw it as Bellevue abandoning a community that could use the church ^[20] while others saw it as a growing issue of white flight.^[21]

Website [edit]

In September 2006, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis' predominant newspaper, reported that recent changes at Bellevue have led to protests past some members.^[22] A website contains allegations by some church building members that the church is, nether the leadership of Gaines, moving toward becoming part of the "church growth movement", moving toward an elder-led (as opposed to congregation-led) form of governance, mismanaging its finances, paying its leadership also much, intimidating members that want the church's leadership to be more open, and otherwise "moving away from its traditional roots."^{[22] [23]} According to Bellevue's leadership, information on the website has appeared and disappeared repeatedly, and quotes and information about church leadership decisions have been taken out of context.^[24] In response to the site's accusations, Gaines said that the church is not leaving its traditional roots, is not a part of the church growth motility, and that the website is creating confusion.^[22]

On September 24, 2006, Gaines addressed the criticism during the evening church service.^[25] Other newspaper articles discussing subsequent developments followed in October.^{[25] [26] [27]}

In November, 2006, the church formed a communication committee to address the controversy. In mid-November, a website was launched by the commission.^[28] The Communication Commission's site discussed contempo reviews of the pastor's credit carte expenses. According to the site, deacons from the church met on November 5 and reviewed Gaines' credit card charges, unanimously finding no inappropriate expenditures.^[28] The Communication Committee's website has since been taken down.

Handling of minister misconduct [edit]

On December 17, 2006, the church announced that Paul Williams, a government minister and staffer at the church for 34 years, had been placed on leave with an investigation pending regarding a "moral failure," identified by Gaines and others every bit alleged child molestation in the 1980s.^[29] The next twenty-four hours, December 18, Gaines released a statement that acknowledged that he had been aware of the accusation since June 2006 but that he did non accost it for several months because Williams had been attending professional counseling, because of confidentiality concerns, and out of compassion for the staffer.^[29]

On January 29, 2007, Bellevue members formed a non-profit called "Integrity Does Count" with the aim of restoring congregational awareness of church building finances to the congregation.^[30] This group was limited to 50 voting members in order to avoid having an infiltration by those opposed to information technology, although the bodily grouping was much larger. Amid other concerns, a chief concern was that the traditionally conservative leadership had been replaced with a more than progressive regime which resulted in the donation of $20,000 to a church of another denomination, which openly supported homosexual relationships and abortion. Some church members have argued that this aim is contrary to Bellevue's historical philosophy of being "pastor-led, deacon-served, committee-operated and congregation-approved."^[22] The group, "Integrity Does Count" disbanded within a year, afterwards submitting asking to obtain financial documents to which they were entitled nether state law from the church building and existence denied the right to review any financial information. The members of the group wishing to follow biblical guidelines and convinced that they would be forced to pursue their request through the secular courtroom arrangement, decided to no longer pursue their quest.

Satellite churches [edit]

Bellevue has two satellite churches in Memphis and Shelby County. Bear upon Baptist Church (now chosen Bellevue Frayser), in the Frayser community, is the largest and fastest growing African-American Southern Baptist Church building in Tennessee.^[31] In 2009 the congregation began coming together in a facility formerly occupied by Georgian Hills Baptist Church building at 3759 N. Watkins.^[31] Bellevue Frayser operates a weekly food pantry, with Bellevue volunteers distributing food each Saturday morning to approximately 175 families. The campus also offers a thrift shop and tutoring for students.^[31] Iglesia Bella Vista is a Hispanic church building plant near Summertime and Highland.> A"Bellevue Baptist Church building Opening Up to Coincidental Service", Wade, Don (September 13, 2005). "Bellevue Baptist Church building Opening Up to Casual Service", The Commercial Appeal.</ref>

Accomplishments [edit]

In July 2007, Bellevue Baptist was named one of the peak fifty almost influential churches in the country, coming in 38th.^[32] This was the beginning fourth dimension Bellevue was included in the top fifty most influential churches in the Usa. The survey was tabulated through more than ii,000 emails existence sent to non-Cosmic church leaders.^[32]

Music and theater [edit]

The Bellevue'south Girls Quartet, formed in 1928, sang at conferences and denominational meetings across the Southward. Bellevue's drama ministry, organized in 1951, was the first drama ministry in the Southern Baptist Convention. The ground floor of the 1952 sanctuary was designed for Christian theatre presentations like "The Robe" (1957, 1959) and "Ben Hur" (1961).^[iv] In 1948, Bellevue chosen Thomas P. Lane to build a comprehensive music programme for children through adults.^[33] He was the first full-time minister of music in the Southern Baptist Convention, and when he retired 38 years after, he had the longest tenure of any Southern Baptist Convention minister of music.^[33] For more than three decades, he directed the student nurse choir at Baptist Memorial Hospital known every bit the Nightingales. Lane served with three Bellevue pastors who were each elected Southern Baptist Convention president: Robert G. Lee, Ramsey Pollard, and Adrian Rogers.^[33] For the community they presented 38 consecutive performances of Handel'southward Messiah, as well as other classical works similar The Seven Last Words of Christ and Mendelssohn'due south Elijah. Lane was awarded the Southern Baptist Convention's Church Music Award for Outstanding Service, and, in 1986, he was named Bellevue's Minister of Music Emeritus.^[4]

Rogers served with two ministers of music: Thomas P. Lane and James D. Whitmire. After working together as pastor and minister of music at Get-go Baptist Church in Merritt Island, Florida, Rogers and Whitmire reunited at Bellevue in 1975.^[34] Whitmire was government minister of youth music until Lane's retirement in 1986. In December 2005, when he retired as senior minister of music, 5,000 adults and children were enrolled in Bellevue's vocal and instrumental programs. Whitmire premiered The Singing Christmas Tree in 1976, with a tape attendance of high 56,000.^[34]

Broadcasting [edit]

On January five, 1958, Bellevue became the get-go church in the world to broadcast worship services using its ain boob tube equipment.^[35] Nether Pollard'southward leadership the church continued broadcasting services, upgrading to color cameras and equipment in 1970. Rather than sell it, the congregation voted to donate the original black and white television cameras and equipment to missions. Bellevue continues to circulate services locally.

Crosses on Interstate 40 [edit]

Three big crosses, visible from Interstate twoscore, mark the church's location. The center cross is 150 feet (46 k) high with two flanking crosses at 120 feet (37 m). The crosses are engineered to withstand lxx-mile-per-60 minutes (110 km/h) winds and are constructed of four pieces of structural steel and bending iron painted white.^[36] The landmark crosses were dedicated at a special ceremony with choir, orchestra, and hundreds of church members at midnight on New year's day's Eve, 1999.^[4] In September 2008, the three crosses became the fundamental epitome in the church logo.^[36]

Bellevue Loves Memphis [edit]

In 2007, Gaines initiated a church building-broad, ongoing volunteer ministry to Memphis and the community. On September 28, 2009, the State of Tennessee Business firm of Representatives issued a proclamation recognizing Bellevue as an institution that has demonstrated "unflagging capacity for love, dedication of spirit, and faith in God" and for enriching the lives of people in their community.^[37] The declaration cited pastor Gaines' for leading the fashion in showing "Jesus' love to the City of Memphis by meeting applied needs of residents" and for "embracing Bellevue Loves Memphis as a fashion of life."^[37] The document mentioned the church's sponsor of a Christian Mobile Dental Clinic that provides gratis dental care to the underprivileged, and the church's funding of The Vue, a ministry building for college students located near the Academy of Memphis and accessible to students of other local colleges and universities.^[37] The declaration noted that on half dozen workdays, 5,300 volunteers take contributed between 30,000-35,000 hours through one thousand work, painting, construction, and more to do good forty schools, two postal service-secondary schools, 44 churches, 55 family unit homes, 14 parks, 9 city/government buildings, xvi hospitals, 47 ministries, and ten Memphis City School football game fields.^[37] The proclamation also noted that Bellevue Loves Memphis provided every metropolis fire station with a copy of the movie Fireproof, assisted with the City of Memphis cleanup, and assisted with x cake parties.^[37] The document also recognized the church building for hosting the Tennessee Technology Center's 2008-2009 graduation.^[37] In 2009, Pastor Gaines was awarded the Open Door Honour for his leadership with Bellevue Loves Memphis. The annual award is presented past the April 4th Foundation of Memphis.^[38] From 2008 to 2013, the church building opened its doors to metropolis and canton schools for holding their commencement exercises. An annual 4th of July celebration, Starlight Spectacular, as well draws thousands from the community.

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3. ^ Bellevue Baptist Church building'southward History and Vision from bellevue.org
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6. ^ ^{a b} Bellevue'south Lee 'One of the Towering Giants', Bellevue'south Lee 'One of the Towering Giants', The Commercial Appeal, July 21, 1978.
7. ^ ^{a b} Bellevue Baptist to Hear Prospective Pastor Sunday, Tamke, Beth. The Commercial Entreatment, Baronial eleven, 1972.
8. ^ ^{a b c} Rogers Elected Baptist Leader, Clark, Michael, The Commercial Appeal, June xiii, 1979.
9. ^ SBC The Baptist Faith and Bulletin Commission, boosted text.
10. ^ ^{a b c} Rogers, Joyce; Paige Patterson (2005). Love Worth Finding: The Life of Adrian Rogers and His Philosophy of Preaching.B&H Books (April 1, 2005).
11. ^ ^{a b} Baptist Press, Ellsworth, Tim (March 7, 2005)."Retiring Adrian Rogers honored by friends from nigh and far", Baptist Printing.
12. ^ A Large Soul To Fill, Dowd, James (September 12, 2005)."A Big Soul to Fill:, The Commercial Appeal.
13. ^ ^{a b} "Adieu", Dowd, James (Nov xviii, 2005). "Good day", The Commercial Appeal.
14. ^ ^{a b} Bellevue Finds Rogers' Successor, Dowd, James (July 6, 2005). "Bellevue Finds Rogers' Successor", The Commercial Appeal.
15. ^ Union graduate called as pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church(July 15, 2005),"Union Graduate Chosen as Pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church", Union University News.
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26. ^ Bellevue leaders say 'nonsense', by James Dowd, The Commercial Appeal, October 6, 2006
27. ^ Bellevue conflict bleeds onto Net, into Public Foursquare, past Gregory Tomlin, Baptist Press, October 18, 2006
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External links [edit]

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellevue_Baptist_Church

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