OUR HISTORY

The history of the church dates back to the fall of 1829 when the first white Presbyterian Church was organized in Montgomery, Alabama, from the Union Church, which was built in 1823. In the initial Presbyterian Church, slaves worshipped with their masters in a horseshoe balcony built within the same building to accomodate them. In 1885, the Negro membership began to worship in a seperate congregation where  sermons were preached for them by a negro minister. Mr. Henry Sheppard a student at Stillman Institute preached for the black members : however, many continued to attend the original church as well as the the seperate setting. In 1890 thirty-six negroes requested permission from the session to organize a church of their own. Granting their request, the white congregation assisted them with the construction of a building at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and Stone Street. Originally naming it the First Colored Presbyterian Church of Montgomery. The name was later changed to Cleveland Avenue Presbyterian Church.

 

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