This church is another secession from Stone Street. It, too, has some
strong people in it. Rev. A. F. Owens is pastor.
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There are other churches around worthy of mention. So much is said only
to show the rise and progress of the Baptist cause in this section
of Alabama. The great need here is more brotherly love, instead of
the bitter prejudice which withers every hope of united effort. Of
course, many of the good people are already free from its fearful
influence, but far too many are still slaves to it.
Among the founders, or ante-bellum members of the colored Baptist work
in Mobile, we find the names of Rev. Charles Leavens and wife, James
Somerville, Judge Europe, Thomas Sawyer, Rev. B. J. Burke, and Crawley
Johnson.