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- Our
Heritage
- Kentwood Baptist
Church had its beginnings as a Sunday School in
the Smith School on Wing Avenue in 1864. It was
officially organized on April 1, 1869 with
twenty-nine members. The group met in the school
and homes until 1880 when land was purchased and
a brick building constructed on the present
corner of 52nd Street and Breton Avenue. It was
dedicated to the Lord on December 3, 1882 and was
then called Paris Baptist Church after the
township in which it was located. In 1958 the
aging building was replaced with a larger
structure.
- On July 19, 1967
the church voted to change the name of the church
to Kentwood Baptist Church and two years later a
new addition was added on to the building.
- Today, KBC still
points people to the Savior, encourages believers
in their Christian lives, and welcomes visitors
to worship with us.
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