Bellevue Baptist ndi mpingo wa Mega womwe uli ku Cordova, Tennessee, kunja kwa Memphis. Ndi mpingo wawukulu ku Mid-South ndipo umodzi mwa mipingo yayikulu mu dzikoli uli ndi mamembala pafupifupi 29,000.
Mbiri ya Bellevue Baptist
Bellevue Baptisti inakhazikitsidwa mu 1903. Mpingo woyambirira ku Midtown Memphis unali waung'ono kwambiri ndipo watchulidwa kuti "log cabin-like." Pafupifupi zaka makumi asanu, Bellevue asanakhazikitse mpingo watsopano, nyumba yokhala ndi mipando 3,000 yomwe inali imodzi mwa mipingo yoyamba.
Pakati pa 1952 ndi m'ma 1980, Bellevue adakula kwambiri. Kukula uku kunalimbikitsa tchalitchi kumanga malo akuluakulu a sukulu yawo yaikulu. Nyumba ya tchalitchi, yomwe inali ku Cordova, inamalizidwa mu 1989 ndipo inakhala oposa 7,000.
Utsogoleri wa Tchalitchi
Mpaka pano, mpingo wa Bellevue Baptist wakhala ndi abusa asanu ndi awiri okha m'zaka zana limodzi ndi zaka zomwe akhalapo. Mwazidziwikiratu, Dr. Robert G. Lee, yemwe adasamalira Bellevue kuchokera mu 1927 mpaka 1960 ndi Dr. Adrian Rogers yemwe adasamalira mpingo kuyambira 1972 kufikira 2005. Dr Rogers adatsogolera Bellevue m'mene idakula kuyambira 9,000 mpaka anthu oposa 29,000. Lero, Dr. Steve Gains ndi m'busa wa Bellevue.
Ntchito za Tchalitchi
Ndili ndi mamembala ambiri komanso malo osungirako maekala 400, n'zosadabwitsa kuti mpingo wa Bellevue Baptisti uli ndi ntchito zambiri zomwe zimapezeka kwa anthu osiyanasiyana. Ntchito izi zikuphatikizapo: mapulogalamu a ana, magulu osakwatira a anthu a zaka zonse, magulu a masewera, maphunziro a nyimbo, masewera a ku sukulu, amuna ndi azimayi, komanso maphunziro a Baibulo.
Kuphatikiza apo, malowa amakhala ndi nyumba yosungiramo mabuku komanso laibulale.
Kuimba Mtengo wa Khirisimasi
Chaka chilichonse panthawi ya maholide, Bellevue Baptist Church imakhala ndi malo ambiri omwe amadziwika kuti "Mtengo wa Khirisimasi", womwe umakokera anthu zikwi zambiri kuchokera kudera lonselo.
Malo ndi Mauthenga Othandizira
Mpingo wa Bellevue Baptist uli ndi malo atatu.
Mkulu wawo ndi 2000 Appling Road ku Cordova ndipo ili pafupi ndi malo osungirako magalimoto. Pali mitanda ikuluikulu itatu yomwe ikuwonetsedwa pafupi ndi tchalitchi, yomwe ikuwonekera kuchokera mumsewu waukulu ndi madera ozungulira.
Bellevue amakhalanso nawo ku Arlington, Tennessee yomwe imakumana ndi Arlington High School, yomwe imakumana ndi N. Watkins Street mumzinda wa Frayser, ndipo imapereka chithandizo cha chinenero cha Chispanishi ku Bella Vista ku N. Highland Street.
Mfundo Zapadera Zapampando:
2000 Appling Road
Cordova, TN 38016
www.bellevue.org
Kusinthidwa ndi Holly Whitfield, February 2017