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Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church is an historic church in Midtown Memphis, Tennessee. The church's history dates back to the mid-19th century and the current structure—located in Memphis' Central Gardens Historic Preservation District at 1720 Peabody Avenue—was constructed in 1912. Today the parish is active and is known both for its progressive hunger ministries and its formal worship and music.〔(Reported by The Commercial Appeal, September 29, 2007)〕 The church is part of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee. ==History== The history of Grace-St. Lukes dates back to the mid-19th century with the establishment of Grace Church in a rented room in what was then on the eastern outskirts of the city, now Midtown Memphis. After the Civil War, returning Confederate Officers founded St. Lazarus Church on Madison Avenue, in Downtown Memphis in protest to the Unionist views of the rector of Calvary Church. St. Lazarus was the site of the marriage of Jefferson Davis' daughter in 1876,〔John E. Harkins, ("Memphis" ), ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''.〕 but St. Lazarus' congregation was decimated by the yellow fever epidemic in 1878 and merged with Grace Church.〔Howell, Elmo. Mississippi Backroads. "St. Lazarus: The Confederate Officers' Church." pub: Langford & Associates, Memphis, Tenn. 1998. pp. 172-174.〕 St. Luke's Church was established in present-day Midtown in 1894 in a building designed by English architect John Gainsford. By the late 1930s, Grace Church had a strong congregation, but found itself without a building. St. Luke's Church, on the other hand, had erected a new church in the heart of residential Memphis in 1912 (its present home), but found itself in a period of declining membership. The two merged, and celebrated its first service as the Parish of Grace-St. Luke's on Thanksgiving Day, 1940.〔(150 Years of Faith and Fellowship )〕 The parish continued to grow and, by 1974, had doubled in size and was the largest Episcopal parish in the state of Tennessee.〔(Sacred Stories | Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church )〕 Though no longer the largest in the state, the parish continues to have active membership and strong outreach and community programs.〔Grace-St. Luke's Parish Report, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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