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Rev.
Dr. Edward Randolph Carter 1882-1884 |
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Second pastor was Rev. Dr. Edward Randolph Carter who had
worked with Rev. Quarles for some time and who led the
congregation for 62 years. Rev. Carter served the church
during the aftermath of Reconstruction, a period which saw blacks
disenfranchised, lynched in large numbers, segregated, and
generally relegated to second class citizenship. In 1895,
Rev. Carter applied and received the official charter of the
church. Active in the formative years of the World Baptist
Alliance, he was well traveled and also a successful administrator
who increased the membership at one time to some 2000. He
also directed the construction of a home for the aged. It was
under Rev. Carter that many of the boards and auxiliaries of today
were begun as well.
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