Murfreesboro in Rutherford County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Tennessee Baptist Convention

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, September 8, 2021

1. Tennessee Baptist Convention Marker

Inscription. Constituted April 10, 1874, in the building of the First Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, then located 200 yards east on the north side of East Main Street. The Tennessee Baptist Convention is the channel through which Southern Baptist churches in Tennessee conduct a program of missions, evangelism, education, and other benevolent ministries.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is April 10, 1884.

Location. 35° 50.744′ N, 86° 23.409′ W. Marker is in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in Rutherford County. It is at the intersection of Spring Street and E Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Spring Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Murfreesboro TN 37130, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in Greater Nashville.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Morgan's Wedding (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Grantland Rice (about 400 feet away); James Daniel Richardson (about 400 feet away); 1860s View of East Main Street (about 400 feet away); Rutherford County Veterans Memorial (about 400 feet away); First Presbyterian Church (about 400 feet away); Murfreesboro Confederate Soldiers Monument (about 500 feet away); Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Murfreesboro.

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Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 16, 2021

2. Tennessee Baptist Convention Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 17, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 8, 2014, by Deanna Lack of Sparta, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 718 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 8, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 2. submitted on October 17, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.