{"id":90,"date":"2013-04-01T18:05:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T18:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootsandrecall.com\/abbeville\/?post_type=buildings&p=90"},"modified":"2024-07-15T15:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T15:46:56","slug":"103-vienna-street","status":"publish","type":"buildings","link":"https:\/\/www.rootsandrecall.com\/abbeville\/buildings\/103-vienna-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbeville A.R.P. Church – Abbeville, S.C."},"content":{"rendered":"
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103 Vienna Street<\/strong><\/p>\n

City Directories and History:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0A lovely Gothic Revival<\/a> style worship site built in approximately 1893. \u00a0Also see: Abbeville Church History<\/a><\/p>\n

ABBEVILLE ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH contributed and written by Paul M. Gettys, 2015<\/p>\n

The Abbeville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church was organized with fourteen charter members on November 26, 1889.\u00a0 Because of its proximity to Due West and Erskine Theological Seminary located there, it has always had a close connection to the seminary and has often received supply ministers from the faculty and student body.\u00a0 Tough never a large congregation, the Abbeville church has provided a consistent witness in the community for well over a century.<\/p>\n

The charter members of the church were Mrs. W. E. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Hemphill, J. Hayne McDill, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McLane, W. T. McLane, C. D. Haddon, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bradley, Mrs. T. W. McMillen, and Mrs. J. C. Klugh.\u00a0 Upon organization, J. C. McLane, T. P. Thompson, and W. O. Bradley were elected elders and J. Hayne McDill and C. D. Haddon were chosen deacons.<\/p>\n

Services were initially held in the Abbeville County Court House with supply ministers from Due West.\u00a0 In 1893, the congregation purchased a lot at 103 Vienna Street and a brick church was erected near the public square.\u00a0 This neat structure continues to serve the congregation.\u00a0 It is covered in stucco.<\/p>\n

The Abbeville church has had a combination of installed ministers and supply pastors over the years.\u00a0 Some of the installed ministers have been Rev. J. J. Grier (1894-1895), Dr. T. W. Sloan (1900-1902), Rev. W. C. Ewart (1903), Dr. E. B. Kennedy (1905-1913), Dr. Moffatt Ross Plaxco (1915-1924), and Rev. William Calvin Kerr (1924-1945).<\/p>\n

Early in its history, the Abbeville church organized auxiliary ministries.\u00a0 The Sabbath School was organized in 1891 with 32 pupils.\u00a0 A Ladies Aid Society was organized in the same year with Mrs. F. Y. Pressly as chairman and eight charter members.<\/p>\n

In recent years, the church has been supplied by ministers from Due West.\u00a0 In 2005, the Mount Carmel ARP Church was dissolved, and its members were united with the Abbeville church, which is now officially known as Abbeville-Mount Carmel ARP Church.<\/p>\n

Sources:\u00a0 Centennial History of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church<\/em>, Published by the General Synod, 1905 and Sesquicentennial History of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church<\/em>, Published by the General Synod, 1951.<\/p>\n

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103 Vienna Street City Directories and History:\u00a0 \u00a0A lovely Gothic Revival style worship site built in approximately 1893. \u00a0Also see: Abbeville Church History ABBEVILLE ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH contributed and written by Paul M. Gettys, 2015 The Abbeville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church was organized with fourteen charter members on November 26, 1889.\u00a0 Because of its… <\/p>\n

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