BOWLING GREEN

Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky

1866 - present

Cumberland Presbytery

Synod of Midwest


Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church
807 Campbell Lane
Bowling Green, Kentucky 42104


The congregation of Cumberland Presbyterians in Bowling Green began August 12, 1866. In 1869, the first place of worship was completed; in 1906, the church relocated. Then in 1971, the church at the current location on Campbell Lane relocated and built a new church. On April 16, 1998, a severe hail and windstorm hit Bowling Green, damaging many homes and
businesses. That storm severely damaged our church building. The reconstruction process left us without a church home until December 20, 1998. On February 7, 1999, a new cornerstone was laid; and the reconstructed new church was dedicated to the glory of God.


Pastors of the Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church

 S. H. Eshman

 A. C. Biddle

1913 - 1914

E. W. Barrington

 1915 - 1918

C. A. Galloway

1918 - 1920

 James Hudson Zwingle

1920 - 1923

 Thomas Alexander Devore

1923 - 1929

 William Humphreys Cheatham

1930 - 1932

 E. C. Comfort

 1932 - 1934

A. D. Rudolph

1934 - 1936

 Henry Morris Pepper

1936 - 1937

 George E. Coleman

1937 - 1942

Curtis Raymon Burroughs

1943 - 1945

 C. Ray Dobbins

1945 - 1948

John Stammer Smith

1949 - 1952

Hinkley Smart

1952 - 1956

Ewell K. Reagin, Jr.

1956

 Charles Rubein Matlock

1956 - 1961

 Merlin Alexander

1961 - 1969

Edward Mikel

1970 - 1973

James Wade Knight

1974 - 1984

Cordell Smith

1984 - 1992

James Ratliff

1993 - 2001

Freddie Norris

2001 - 2002

Steve Delashmit

2003 - Present



This issue of the JUNIOR QUARTERLY honors the Juniors of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Rev. C. Ray Dobbins is the pastor of this church; Mr. Earl Moseley is superintendent of the Sunday school; and Mrs. Dobbins, the pastor's wife, is writer of the Junior lessons.

This class of Juniors, comprising at present only boys, is very active in their church. The children belong to the Royal Crusaders and also compose the Junior Choir. The teacher of the class is Mrs. F. A. Spalding.

The children in the picture are: Front row (left to right), Harold Reynolds, Harold Kitchens, Jackie Jeannette, Jerry Nelson Motley; second row: John Glazier, Jackie Musgraves, Morris Craig, Jackie Reynolds, and Billy Draughon.

[Source: Junior Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 4. October, November, December 1947, cover and inside cover]


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