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Order Number	00075696
Title	Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, cornerstone
Photographer	Allen, Jeff.
Collection ID	Jeff Allen Houses of Worship Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	GPC_b84_f4_i1
Date	2004
Physical Description	1 photographic print :col. ;11 x 16 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	The term "Missionary Baptist" originated in the early 1800s during the rise of the modern missions movement, which was a movement among Baptists (as well as other Christian denominations) to organize para-church institutions for the promotion and funding of evangelism, Bible and literature publication, schools, charitable and social work, and other religious causes. This movement created extensive controversy among Baptists, drawing harsh criticism from those who considered these new institutions subversive of traditional Baptist polity. Those who opposed the innovations became known as anti-missions, and those advocating them as missionary Baptists. Many of the "missionary Baptist" churches and associations eventually adopted the epithet "missionary" into their official names, and, what started as a descriptive term became a new religious denomination - Missionary Baptists. However, the name never became universally used among the advocates of the missionary institution.
Description	Photograph shows a close-up of the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, located at 1300 E. 50th Street and Hooper Ave. The cornerstone reads: "Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church - Organized May 12, 1892 - Erected 1936-37 - Rev. T.H. Prentice, Pastor - J.W. [ilegible[, Church Clerk". Verso on photograph states that prior to becoming Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, this church was formerly known as South Los Angeles Brethren Church. Photograph dated May 2004.
Subject	Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.). Baptist church buildings--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles). Church buildings--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles). South Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs. Jeff Allen Houses of Worship Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection