History

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

church-body

Also known as Friendship Baptist

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church — church, appearing in the Charlotte record across 3 documented year(s).

In the record (3)

  1. 1890

    Friendship Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1890 in the Brooklyn neighborhood; its first sanctuary was built at 429 South Brevard Street in 1893.

    Unverified — sourced but not confirmed against a primary record.

    Friendship Missionary Baptist ChurchMecklenburg PresbyteryFirst United Presbyterian ChurchFirst Baptist Church WestEphraim Brevard

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  2. 1963

    Friendship Baptist Church's original South Brevard Street sanctuary in Brooklyn was demolished as part of urban renewal; in October 1963 the congregation left the site and held worship services at Northwest Junior High School while awaiting a new church home.

    Harding High SchoolSecond Ward High SchoolCentral High SchoolRedevelopment CommissionMecklenburg PresbyteryFirst United Presbyterian ChurchFirst Baptist Church WestEphraim Brevard

    Source · checked 2026-08-13

  3. 1970

    Friendship Baptist Church's congregation, displaced from Brooklyn, built a new church at 3301 Beatties Ford Road in 1970.

    Mecklenburg PresbyteryFirst United Presbyterian ChurchFirst Baptist Church WestFord Motor Company

    Source · checked 2026-08-13