First Presbyterian Church (Nashville, Tennessee)

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The First Presbyterian Church at one time was located at 154 5th Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. This location now houses the Downtown Presbyterian Church, a completely different congregation than First Presbyterian Church which moved to the suburbs in the 1950s. It is a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The membership stood at 4,265 in 2012. [1]

The church was started in 1849 and the building housing the Downtown Presbyterian Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. It is now located on 4815 Franklin Pike, Nashville, TN 37220. The head pastor is Dr. Ryan V. Moore and shares a campus with The Oak Hill Day School.

Actress Sondra Locke married Gordon Leigh Anderson at the church on September 25, 1967, presided by Rev. Walter Rowe Courtenay. [2]

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References

  1. www.pcusa.org/media/uploads/research/pdfs/2012-cs-table6.pdf
  2. Lentz, Harris M. (2019). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2018. McFarland & Company. p. 223. ISBN   9781476670331.