The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church
February 19, 2008
Just The Facts
The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church
1879-1921 Glenwood Avenue, SE
Atlanta, GA 30316
(404) 377-0561
http://www.pineygrovebapt.org
Location
Southeast Atlanta (Near Charles Yates Golf Course)
Sunday Service Times
7:30 am - Traditional
9:30 am - Contemporary
11 am - Evangelistic
Church Type
Denomination - Baptist
Size (Small, Medium, Large, Mega) - Large (Over 7,000 members)
From the church website…
“The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church is structured around a five pillar ministry of Missions, Fellowship, Evangelism, Teaching and Worship. Rich in our History & Heritage, we embrace our mission ‘to be distinguished by our words and our deeds as the Church With Helping Hands’. Our vision ‘In this Church you can be Redeemed, Reconciled, Restored, and Revived” is shown through our Ambassador staff, various ministries, and community sharing & caring programs.’
About Service Times:
7:30 Traditional ( Lifting what we know, love, value, and appreciate about being “black” Baptist.)
9:30 Contemporary (An effort to reach the 18-45 age group) Sermon and song to encourage and allow expressive worship in a congregational fashion. Song and sermon should deal with family values; marriage; rearing kids, career choices.
11:30 Evangelistic – We will keep this at 90 minutes, but if the spirit says so, there is no time restraint. This will be a soul winning/soul seeking service. Good live singing and moving preaching. Power packed from beginning to end.”
My Impressions
Unreviewed at this time.
Entry Filed under: Southeast Atlanta. Tags: african american church, atlanta church, Dr. William E. Flippin, Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church, large church.
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Jamie Parks | June 27, 2008 at 1:39 am
Good Evening,
I had the pleasure of visiting your church, and while I enjoyed the services, I was quite appalled to see the announcements regarding the exercise program featuring ‘all whites”. I am in no way a “racist” but enjoy the opportunity to see Blacks displayed as much and as often as possible, especially, given that this is a predominately Black church. Whites have so many opportunities to display their talents especially on tv.
Please let these announcements reflect the makeup of the Church. And, I can assure you that I was not the only one expressing concern. This was quite uncomfortable and disheartening to witness a “slap in the face” to your congregation and visitors.
I do hope my next experience, if I should decide to do so, would be more pleasant.