Christian leadership--Case studies; Rural churches--Kentucky; Clergy; School improvement programs; Educational leadership
This qualitative study sought to illuminate successful practices of a turnaround leader in a rural church that are applicable cross-contextually, so as to inform the leadership efforts of various organizations seeking to reproduce organizational...
Cadman, S. Parkes (Samuel Parkes), 1864-1936; Radio in religion--United States--History; Religious broadcasting--Christianity--History; Religious broadcasting--United States--History; Christianity--United States--20th century
S. Parkes Cadman (1864-1936), a Christian minister at Central Congregational Church in Brooklyn, New York from 1901 to 1936, was a popular religious figure in interwar America. From 1924 to 1928, Cadman served as president of the Federal Council of...
Churches; Presbyterian churches; Memorial Presbyterian Church (Saint Augustine, Fla.); Domes; Towers; Crosses; Palms
Flagler Memorial Church, a large stone church in St. Augustine, Florida. The church has two towers on each side of its main entrance and a large tower rising in the rear. The large tower has a dome topped by a cross. The church is surrounded by...
Churches; Religious facilities; Buildings; Steeples
Address: 805 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The First Unitarian Church stands at the corner of Fourth and York Streets. Built in 1871, this stone building has two entries. Two sets of double doors under pointed arches face Fourth Street...
A. Plan - 1. East chevet with three apses 2. Transept topped with a square lantern tower 3. Polygonal stairway turrets 4. Nave and aisles 5. Crypt-hall with ambulatory set with niches throughout; B. Longitudinal section; C. Axonometric projection.
A church in Winchester, Kentucky, misidentified in the Ford albums as a Baptist church (a postcard of the same large brick church with a prominent bell tower, fronted by a brick sidewalk bore the title First Presbyterian Church).
Tornadoes; Disasters; Churches; Buildings; Ruins; Debris; St. John's Church (Louisville, Ky.)
The wall of the front of St. John's Church is left standing while the rest of the church and rectory are gone, following the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. St. John's Church, located at 1115 W. Jefferson, was built in...
Ruins of a church building behind an iron fence -- St. John's Episcopal Church at 1115 West Jefferson Street. The building still stands but has no roof and is missing most of the front wall. A pile of rubble lies in front of the building. A woman...
Presbyterian churches; Churches; Towers; First Presbyterian Church (Columbus, Miss.)
First Presbyterian Church, a reddish brick church with a tall tower rising from the closest corner. There are several large, presumably stained glass, windows. Other buildings are visible on either side of the church. The tower resembles a bell...
Zion Baptist Church (Louisville, Ky.); Crowds; Churches;
Mourners gather in front of Zion Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, waiting to board a bus to Atlanta for the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. Many people have suitcases; several are sitting on them. King's younger brother, A.D. King, was...
Churches; Steeples; Religious facilities; Buildings
Address: 1127 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. The exterior of First Evangelical Lutheran Church is shown. The building's symmetry is offset by a balcony and steeple that are set off-center. Two sets of double doors serve as the entryway. Above...
Children; Group portraits; Dresses; Suits (Clothing); African Americans; Rites & ceremonies; People
Address: 1304 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Three rows of children pose for a photograph commemorating their first communion in front of St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church. The children are African American and range in ages from perhaps...
Churches; Religious facilities; Buildings; Historic buildings
Address: 213 E. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. St. Paul's German Evangelical Church and Parish House is set back from the street by a wide sidewalk and parkway with immature trees. Built in 1906 in the late Gothic Revival style, the church is made...
Churches; Religious facilities; Floods; Dwellings; Houses; Buildings; Floods--Kentucky--Louisville
Address: 3511 Rudd Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. The church in this flood scene is likely the Church of our Lady on Rudd Avenue. There are homes on either side of the street and the flood waters have covered most of the first story of the buildings.
Churches; Religious facilities; Steeples; Buildings
Christ Evangelical Church, at 1236 E. Breckinridge Street, Louisville, Kentucky, is a brick and stone building with a three-arch entryway topped with a semi-circular stained glass window. Long narrow windows emphasize the upward thrust of the...
Bethel Baptist Church, a two-story brick church with a steeple, sloped roof, and turrets, was built in 1901 near the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The first floor windows and the...
Historic buildings; Churches; Baptist churches; African Americans; Men
Old Providence Church, a simple stone building with small, shuttered windows, located off of New Boonesboro Road in Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky. William Bush, a member of Daniel Boone's second Kentucky expedition, built the stone structure...
Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Catholic churches
St. Mary's of the Knobs, log church, drawing inset at upper right. Drawing of the first brick Catholic church in Floyd County, built by Thomas Piers on Piers farm in 1837.
Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Catholic churches
St. Helen Church, in Shively, Kentucky, a stone church featuring two bell towers topped by crosses. A man stands at the iron gate of the stone fence surrounding the church.
