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Submitted by St. Izzy (not verified) on Fri, 7/31/2009 - 12:49pm
It is also worth noting that BMPC was the first white church in Durham to allow blacks to join, and that the church remains active in racial reconciliation.
Submitted by Former Durhamite (not verified) on Fri, 7/31/2009 - 1:55pm
One of my best buddies goes to this church. So cool to see it profiled, and complimented, in ED.
As a former Durham resident, I appreciate ED immensely. Thanks!
Submitted by Lesley (not verified) on Fri, 7/31/2009 - 3:28pm
I attended this church as a Duke student. It was especially convenient from East Campus, and a nice church home away from home. Thanks for the memories!
Submitted by retired Englis… (not verified) on Fri, 7/31/2009 - 11:37pm
Even though I grew up in Holloway St. Baptist, as a young woman in the mid to late 1970's, I visited Blacknall with friends who had recently moved to Durham and were searching for a church home. Blacknall had the reputation then of being a church where the people were smart, and the sermons appealed to the intellect of its congregation. Maybe it was the Presbyterian influence or the effect of Duke so nearby, but I remember being very impressed with what I heard from the pulpit.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 8/1/2009 - 2:58am
great post- thanks for sharing this!
Submitted by J Harton (not verified) on Tue, 8/4/2009 - 2:18am
This was my church for seven years of my early life. I moved to a different state while they were planning the most recent major addition. When I was there it was a great church, and while the reconstruction really saddened me (I remember fondly the way it used to be), I'm sure that the church is still wonderful. Preaching to the intellectual, and to the thinkers is almost certainly a Presybterian thing.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 8/4/2009 - 1:26pm
And amazingly, the church has thrived without acres of surface parking all these years. Go figure.
Submitted by Michael Bacon (not verified) on Wed, 8/5/2009 - 3:38am
I don't know if this is historically the case, but recently the church has embraced "evangelical Presbyterianism" (from their website). The services I attended there six several years ago or so certainly fit this description.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 8/7/2009 - 7:24pm
I had always heard that it was, in fact, two of the ladies in the Blacknall family who were instrumental in leading first an outreach and then a Sunday School in West Durham. The men of the family followed later.
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