McCoy United Methodist Church, Birmingham, Alabama History, College Hills

1901 - 1993

Self-published by the church membership, 1993. Very Rare book.

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92 pages, haedcover loaded with photos of church staff/pastors, church activities, church building, members & families. A history of the church is presented in chronological order including biographies of formere pastors. A trulyu wonderful memorial to a loving church and a must have to former members that will bring back memories of times together with family and friends.

McCoy United Methodist Church (originally Owenton Church) is a former Methodist church located on the corner of 8th Avenue West and Arkadelphia Road (U. S. Highway 78) in College Hills near location of the now-closed Birmingham-Southern College. It was founded in 1901 and later renamed in honor of North Alabama Methodist bishop James H. McCoy (1868-1919).

Serving the neighborhood, as well as students of the nearby college, McCoy flourished in the early part of the century. The present campus was constructed in the early 1920s. The BSC Concert Choir performed an annual Service of Lessons and Carols at the church beginning in the 1930s. As the demographics of the neighborhood changed beginning in the 1960s, the church's membership declined.

Unable to maintain its membership, the congregation disbanded in 1993. In 2005 the North Alabama Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church organized a "Service of Confession and Recommitment to Disciple-Making" on the church's steps, asking God's forgiveness for letting segregation and racism limit the church's willingness to reach out to communities.

The church's pipe organ, which started as a 1929 2-manual, 9-rank Skinner instrument (Opus 772) and was joined with a 3-manual, 44-rank Austin organ (Opus 2386) in 1963, was sold to Bluff Park United Methodist Church.

Book is in Very Good condition, spine and binding remain intact and secure. Inside pages are clean and bright, no tears or missing pages, no writing or markings noticed, colorful rendering of church building on the wrapped board front cover, comes from a non-smoking home. Book will be carefully packed and promptly shipped.