St. Paul was founded in 1869 and is one of the oldest African-American churches in Birmingham.
In 1956, St. Paul was the site of one of the earliest meetings in Birmingham during the direct action campaign to integrate the city’s buses.
The church was led by Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery during the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Lowery was a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference along with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
During the demonstrations in 1963, St. Paul hosted mass meetings and held training sessions in nonviolent civil disobedience for the young demonstrators who participated in the Children’s Crusade marches.
Come witness the moving history of St. Paul United Methodist Church.
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