Spiritual Life
Photo Credit: Photo by Black History Research Committee of Henderson County
Spiritual Life
Edwards Family in Flat Rock
Venus and Caesar Edwards were freed slaves from South Carolina who settled in Flat Rock and helped to found Mud ...
Black Churches in Henderson County
From A Brief History of the Black Presence in Henderson County by Gary Franklin Green Black Churches in Henderson County ...
Sam Mills
Photo Credit: Samuel Austin Mills Courtesy of Shirley Jackson Davidson and St. Paul Tabernacle AME Zion Church Sam Mills As ...
Stanford Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church
Stanford Chapel was organized in the early 1900’s under the leadership of Rev. Hemphill, Rev. C. C. Martin, and Elder Mays ...
Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Church (East Flat Rock)
There is such a close connection between the early black settlers of Flat Rock and the Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Church ...
Star of Bethel Baptist Church Brief History
The Star of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1873 with fourteen charter members under the pastorate of Rev ...
Union Grove Baptist Church
The Union Grove Baptist Church of Hendersonville, N.C., was organized as a congregation in 1909, first meeting in the homes ...
Greater New Zion Baptist Church
In 1927 a group of people founded a church in the Brickton area of Henderson County and named it Zion ...
Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Association Brief History
From a small acorn a mighty oak can grow.” With these words, Mrs. Gertrude B. Forney sums up the place ...
We Shall Overcome, a video recording by the Rev. Odell Suber Jr.
The Rev. Odell Suber Jr. made this heartfelt recording for Hendersonville's 2021 Martin Luther King Day celebration. The faith-filled words ...
