Title supplied by cataloger. The Baptist Church of Christ originated in Tennessee around 1808, and spread to several other Southern States. Its doctrine is a mild form of Calvanism, with belief in a general atonement and admission of feet-washing as religious ordinance. Photograph shows a close-up of the Metropolitan Baptist Church of Christ cornerstone, located on the corner of 4200 Hooper Avenue and E. 42nd Street. The cornerstone reads: "Metropolitan Baptist Church - Organized June 1922 - By Rev. M. C. Carter - Rebuilt 1946 - Trustees: Rosia Donaldson; David H. Williams; Charles Gilliard; Willie Williams, Chmn.; Julius C. Hall, Sect. - Deacons: Curtis L. Gosby, Chmn.; Fred Risby, Sect.; Elnora Anderson, Clk.; Rev. J.E. Pius, Pastor". Photo dated: December 2005.
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image
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1 photographic print :color ;16 x 11 cm. Photographic prints
Metropolitan Baptist Church of Christ (Los Angeles, Calif.) Baptist church buildings--California--Los Angeles Church buildings--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Jeff Allen Houses of Worship Collection photographs
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