Lillian Bingham, wife of Senior Pastor Lincoln Bingham, enthusiastically leads the music for the Sunday morning worship service at St. Paul Baptist Church at Shively Heights (Louisville, Ky.)

I took this photo Oct. 18, which was Harvest Sunday at the church. That day the congregation celebrated the 50th anniversary of the predominantly white Shively Heights Baptist Church, and the 120th anniversary of the predominantly African-American St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church. The two churches merged into one on the last Sunday of August this year, so this was also a celebration of their new joint anniversary. 

Lead Pastor Mark Payton, who co-pastors the St. Paul church with Bingham, is the former pastor of the Shively Heights congregation. To read more about this church and the work it is doing, check out "LifeWay's urban curriculum works for church in transition."

Entry and photo by Kent Harville,
Visuals specialist

This entry was posted on October 23, 2009 4:00 AM and is filed under Photos . You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.