Help Save Mt. Lebanon A.M.E. Church, Elizabeth City, May 30, 1919

From The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., May 30, 1919

Under the Hammer! Will You Help Save it?

MT. LEBANON A.M.E. ZION CHURCH, the most imposing religious edifice ever erected by the colored people of this city is under the hammer, to be sold to satisfy a mortgage of $13,000 held by a man in another state. The membership of Mt. Lebanon is asking the white people, regardless of their place of residence or religious denomination, to help them save their church. The white people probably will respond generously to this appeal. No one who believes in missions can turn it down. It is just as important to save a church at home as it is to build a church for black people in Africa or yellow people in China. The church at home is a community asset.

The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, May 30, 1919, Image 1

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