October 19, 1993
Students and teachers work together at Gethsemane's education center. (Alita Sharp, Kim Little, Shakina Johnson and Adelaid Hunt)
December 26, 1975
Mayo Cunningham prepares a plate lunch at Gethsemane's Christmas dinner.
Friendship Baptist Church, on S. Brevard St. in Second Ward, was demolished as part of urban renewal. In October 1963, the congregration left the original site and held worship services at Northwest Junior High School. They raised the funds for the new church through tithes and offerings.
Church members bought the 3.8 acres for the present site at 3301 Beatties Ford Rd.
CHARLOTTE CORRIDOR SYMBOLIZES TRADITION
By Frye Gaillard
Adapted from the Charlotte Observer, June 8, 1990
It is Sunday morning on Beatties Ford Road.