SAMARITAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
We are Here, at the Star
4234 Washington Boulevard
Saint Louis, MO 63108
Ph: (314) 533-3916; Fax: (314) 531-4627
THEME:
"Continuing the Legacy Of The Good Samaritan: LOVE"
Welcome
to Samaritan's web page
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View Our Guestbook
Our Message,
Our Ministries, and
Our Mission
Samaritan's Computer Ministry
Welcome
On behalf of the pastor, officers and members of Samaritan United Methodist Church, we welcome you to our services. If you are a visitor from another church, we trust that you will convey our Christian greetings to your home church. However, if you are looking for a church home, we open our doors and our hearts to you and your family(s) in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
HISTORY
Founding/Charter Members ***
Preachers/Theologians***
Ministers
HISTORY OF SAMARITAN UNITED METHODIST
Social tensions and conflicts experienced by Blacks in East Saint Louis, Illinois during the second decade of the twentieth century gave birth to a new Methodist congregation in Saint Louis, Missouri. During this period the Wesley Tabernacle Methodist Church, East Saint Louis, Illinois was a vital, growing Black congregation under the pastoral leadership of the Reverend Martin Luther Jackson. A nucleus of the members of the Wesley Tabernacle Methodist Church, seeking new economic and educational opportunities,"crossed the river" to become residents of Saint Louis, Missouri. The Reverend Jackson accompanied this group providing the force, which held them together, leading to the organizing of a new congregation. In June, nineteen seventeen (1917), this group of worshippers found a temporary location on Chouteau Avenue. This temporary location was made possible through the efforts of Dr. B.F. Abbott, Pastor of Union Memorial Methodist Church; District Superintendent W.R. Rivere, and Bishop Rt. Reverend Quayle, Bishop of the Saint Louis Episcopal Area.
The Good Samaritan Methodist Episcopal Church
In August, nineteen seventeen (1917), a site in the forty-one hundred (4100) block of West Belle Place was selected as a more permanent place of worship. The name accepted by the group, was "The Good Samaritan Methodist Episcopal Church". This name was symbolic of the protective benediction perceived by the group and expressive of the joy of finding "peace and shelter" in a new urban environment.
In October, nineteen seventeen (1917), a Black congregation on Papin Street (Saint James Methodist Church), lost the building in which it worshipped. Under the guidance of Superintendent W.R. Rivere, the Saint James congregation joined the Good Samaritan congregation and the two became one. This merged group functioned smoothly with the co-leadership of Reverend Martin Luther Jackson and the Reverend R.G. Williams, who had been the pastor of Saint James Church.
In the Spring, nineteen eighteen (1918), the Reverend W.H. Wheeler, noted as a great preacher, became the first pastor of the newly formed Good Samaritan Methodist Episcopal Church.
We are Here, at the Star
4234 Washington Boulevard
THEME:
"Continuing the Legacy Of The Good Samaritan: LOVE"
Welcome
to Samaritan's web page
Sign Our Guestbook
View Our Guestbook
Our Message,
Our Ministries, and
Our Mission
Samaritan's Computer Ministry
Welcome
On behalf of the pastor, officers and members of Samaritan United Methodist Church, we welcome you to our services. If you are a visitor from another church, we trust that you will convey our Christian greetings to your home church. However, if you are looking for a church home, we open our doors and our hearts to you and your family(s) in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
HISTORY
Founding/Charter Members ***
Preachers/Theologians***
Ministers
HISTORY OF SAMARITAN UNITED METHODIST
Social tensions and conflicts experienced by Blacks in East Saint Louis, Illinois during the second decade of the twentieth century gave birth to a new Methodist congregation in Saint Louis, Missouri. During this period the Wesley Tabernacle Methodist Church, East Saint Louis, Illinois was a vital, growing Black congregation under the pastoral leadership of the Reverend Martin Luther Jackson. A nucleus of the members of the Wesley Tabernacle Methodist Church, seeking new economic and educational opportunities,"crossed the river" to become residents of Saint Louis, Missouri. The Reverend Jackson accompanied this group providing the force, which held them together, leading to the organizing of a new congregation. In June, nineteen seventeen (1917), this group of worshippers found a temporary location on Chouteau Avenue. This temporary location was made possible through the efforts of Dr. B.F. Abbott, Pastor of Union Memorial Methodist Church; District Superintendent W.R. Rivere, and Bishop Rt. Reverend Quayle, Bishop of the Saint Louis Episcopal Area.
The Good Samaritan Methodist Episcopal Church
In August, nineteen seventeen (1917), a site in the forty-one hundred (4100) block of West Belle Place was selected as a more permanent place of worship. The name accepted by the group, was "The Good Samaritan Methodist Episcopal Church". This name was symbolic of the protective benediction perceived by the group and expressive of the joy of finding "peace and shelter" in a new urban environment.
In October, nineteen seventeen (1917), a Black congregation on Papin Street (Saint James Methodist Church), lost the building in which it worshipped. Under the guidance of Superintendent W.R. Rivere, the Saint James congregation joined the Good Samaritan congregation and the two became one. This merged group functioned smoothly with the co-leadership of Reverend Martin Luther Jackson and the Reverend R.G. Williams, who had been the pastor of Saint James Church.
In the Spring, nineteen eighteen (1918), the Reverend W.H. Wheeler, noted as a great preacher, became the first pastor of the newly formed Good Samaritan Methodist Episcopal Church.
View Our Guestbook
Welcome
On behalf of the pastor, officers and members of Samaritan United Methodist Church, we welcome you to our services. If you are a visitor from another church, we trust that you will convey our Christian greetings to your home church. However, if you are looking for a church home, we open our doors and our hearts to you and your family(s) in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
HISTORY
Founding/Charter Members ***
Preachers/Theologians***
Ministers
HISTORY OF SAMARITAN UNITED METHODIST
Social tensions and conflicts experienced by Blacks in East Saint Louis, Illinois during the second decade of the twentieth century gave birth to a new Methodist congregation in Saint Louis, Missouri. During this period the Wesley Tabernacle Methodist Church, East Saint Louis, Illinois was a vital, growing Black congregation under the pastoral leadership of the Reverend Martin Luther Jackson. A nucleus of the members of the Wesley Tabernacle Methodist Church, seeking new economic and educational opportunities,"crossed the river" to become residents of Saint Louis, Missouri. The Reverend Jackson accompanied this group providing the force, which held them together, leading to the organizing of a new congregation. In June, nineteen seventeen (1917), this group of worshippers found a temporary location on Chouteau Avenue. This temporary location was made possible through the efforts of Dr. B.F. Abbott, Pastor of Union Memorial Methodist Church; District Superintendent W.R. Rivere, and Bishop Rt. Reverend Quayle, Bishop of the Saint Louis Episcopal Area.
The Good Samaritan Methodist Episcopal Church
In August, nineteen seventeen (1917), a site in the forty-one hundred (4100) block of West Belle Place was selected as a more permanent place of worship. The name accepted by the group, was "The Good Samaritan Methodist Episcopal Church". This name was symbolic of the protective benediction perceived by the group and expressive of the joy of finding "peace and shelter" in a new urban environment.
In October, nineteen seventeen (1917), a Black congregation on Papin Street (Saint James Methodist Church), lost the building in which it worshipped. Under the guidance of Superintendent W.R. Rivere, the Saint James congregation joined the Good Samaritan congregation and the two became one. This merged group functioned smoothly with the co-leadership of Reverend Martin Luther Jackson and the Reverend R.G. Williams, who had been the pastor of Saint James Church.
In the Spring, nineteen eighteen (1918), the Reverend W.H. Wheeler, noted as a great preacher, became the first pastor of the newly formed Good Samaritan Methodist Episcopal Church.