I-Bellevue Baptist iyisonto le-mega eliseCordova, eTennessee, ngaphandle kweMemphis. Yisonto elikhulu kunazozonke eMid-South kanye nelinye lamasonto amakhulu kulelizwe elinamalunga angama-29,000.
Umlando we-Bellevue Baptist
I-Bellevue Baptist yasungulwa ngo-1903. Isonto lokuqala eMidtown Memphis laliyingcosana futhi lichazwe ngokuthi "i-log cabin-like." Kwaba cishe eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu ngaphambi kokuba i-Bellevue iqoke isonto elisha, isakhiwo sesihlalo esiphezulu sezingu-3 000 esasiyingxenye yamasonto okuqala asebenza emoyeni.
Phakathi kuka-1952 naphakathi kwawo-1980, u-Bellevue wathola ukukhula okukhulu. Lokhu kukhula kwenza ukuba isonto lwakhiwe okwamanje isikhungo esikhulu kunazo zonke ekamelweni labo eliyinhloko. Isakhiwo sesonto, esiseCordova, sagcwaliswa ngo-1989 futhi sihlalo ngaphezu kuka-7 000.
Ubuholi beSonto
Kuze kube manje, i-Bellevue Baptist Church iye yaba nabelusi abayisikhombisa abayinhloko eminyakeni engamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye. Kulawa, okuphawulekayo kuhlanganisa uDkt. Robert G. Lee owadlulela i-Bellevue kusukela ngo-1927 kuya ku-1960 noDkt. Adrian Rogers owawususa ibandla kusukela ngo-1972 kuze ku-2005. UDkt. Rogers wahola i-Bellevue njengoba ikhula kusukela ku-9,000 kuya kwamalungu angaphezu kuka-29,000. Namuhla, uDkt Steve Gains ungumfundisi wekhanda lika-Bellevue.
Imisebenzi yeSonto
Ngamalungu amaningi namakhamera angu-400-acre, akumangalisi ukuthi i-Bellevue Baptist Church inemisebenzi eminingi eningi etholakala kubantu abavela kuzo zonke izici zokuphila. Lezi zenzo zihlanganisa: izinhlelo zezingane, amaqembu angama-singles angama-singles abo bonke ubudala, amaqembu ezemidlalo, izifundo zomculo, imihlangano yekolishi, imihlangano yamadoda nabesifazane, kanye namakilasi eBhayibheli.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, lesi sakhiwo sinamabhuku esitolo sezincwadi kanye nemtapo wezincwadi.
Ukuhlabelela isihlahla sikaKhisimusi
Njalo ngonyaka phakathi namaholidi, i-Bellevue Baptist Church inomsebenzi omkhulu womphakathi obizwa ngokuthi "Ukuhlabelela Isihlahla SikaKhisimusi", okudonsa izixuku ezinkulungeni ezivela esifundeni.
Indawo kanye nolwazi lokuxhumana
I-Bellevue Baptist Church inezindawo ezintathu.
I-campus yabo eyinhloko i-2000 Appling Road e-Cordova futhi inqotshwe indawo yokupaka ehamba phambili. Kunezindlela ezintathu ezintathu ezibonakalayo eduze kwesonto, ezibonakala emgwaqweni omkhulu nendawo ezungezile.
I-Bellevue ibuye ibe ne-campus e-Arlington, eTennessee ehlangana e-Arlington High School, i-campus ehlangana no-N. Watkins Street emphakathini we-Frayser, futhi ibamba izinsizakalo zolimi lweSpanishi eBell Vista ku-N. Highland Street.
Ulwazi Oluyinhloko Lenkampu:
2000 Appling Road
Cordova, TN 38016
www.bellevue.org
Kubuyekezwe nguHolly Whitfield, ngoFebhuwari 2017