Evangelical high church. (Column) From: The Christian Century | Date: December 8, 1993| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1993 The Christian Century Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

CRESCENT HILL Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, demonstrates immediately that in the South, Baptists are no sectarian outsiders. The church dominates the hill near the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, dwarfing the Episcopal church next door. Inside, the rich wood, stained glass, two pipe organs (a small one up front and a large one in the balcony), marble columns flanking the baptistry and ornate domed ceiling over the choir left all bespeak establishment status. Worshiping here are doctors and lawyers, up-and-coming business people and--of course-- seminary people. It ...

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