June 23, 2019 (SUnday)
Rebuilt Bethal Baptist Church
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MorningBethal Baptist Church
Attend church service Bethel Baptist, Birmingham, Alabama On Christmas Day, 1956, a large bundle of dynamite exploded next to Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, destroying the parsonage in which then Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and his family lived. The church was also damaged but miraculously there were no fatalities. Speaking from experience, in a 1961 CBS documentary entitled “Who Speaks for Birmingham?” Reverend Shuttlesworth proclaimed, ''We're determined to either kill segregation or be killed by it.'' The church today stands as a testament to the resiliency of the human Spirit. Pastor Thomas L Wilder. Jr. has stepped into the footsteps of his predecessors to continue the fight for his parishioners and the community in general. |
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