Plate. Commemorative. Middle River Baptist Church (Baltimore, Maryland), 1945 - 1980

Accession #: AUG 2022 #31. The obverse has a gold outer rim and a full color image of the church building and the following text

• Midle River Baptist Church
• Baltimore, Maryland

• The Middle River Baptist Church began with a Vacation Bible School in a farmhouse near the Glen L. Martin Air Craft Plant in suburban Baltimore during the summer of 1943; was organized as a mission November 7, 1943, meeting in the Glenmar Gardens Community Building; was constituted as a Church February 11, 1945; first Church building was dedicated September 15, 1946. Through the years has sponsored eight missions.
• Pastors and dates of service:
• Albert A. Medlock, 1943-1945
• Roy D. Gresham, 1946-1957
• Tom M. Freeman, 1958-1962
• Padgett E. Cope, 1962-1964
• Jason D. Ross, 1964-1970
• James E. Willey, 1971 to the present
• 35th Anniversary Celebration
• 1945-1980
• World Wide Art Studios (Covington, Tenn. 38019)