The effort to re-establish our work in this city was begun in 1882 by Rev. Thomas Penick. In May 1887, the church was re-organized by the late b. D. Cockrill, D.D., who was in charge of the work form December 1885 to August 1890. An interim of nearly two years followed, during which the church was pastorless. Rev. J. A. McKamy became pastor March 1, 1892 and remained until September, 1897, when the writer was called to the work. The attempt to rebuild at a late day upon the ruins of our former endeavors in an old established and conservative city like this has made the work doubly hard and of slow growth. We have had to face both a theory and a condition. However the crisis seems to have been passed and success assured. Thanks to those who have labored before and with us, we now have a commondious house of worship, free from debt, except a balance of $175, on a loan from the Board of Missions, which will be provided for before this is in print. The church has just closed its first year of independence, having demonstrated its ability to maintain itself in an eminently satisfactory manner. During the first year of self-support there was a net gain of over $750 in finances. We now have a membership of 160, having recently received some substantial additions. Among others an elder and his family from out in the State and an elderly lady who has resided in the city for ten years, but too far removed from our church to attend. She was received into the M.E. Church with the understanding that if she was ever located near her own church she would unite with it. Recently she found a home near our church which, by the way, is in the most desirable part of the city, and promptly united with us--an example of church loyalty that is worthy of wider imitation in Kentucky.

New life and enthusiasm in the Sunday school are most hopeful indications at present. Interest and attendance have grown apace. We have enlisted in this Twentieth Century movement with placard and banner. Our motto is"Attendance doubled by July 1, 1901." Despite the varity of weather during the winter season, our congregations have been good and the outlook for the future was never brighter. With all these reasons for encouragement we are constrained to say that with the blessing of God, the work here is on an assured basis of permanency and prosperity.

But we still need and should reasonably expect the sympathy and aid of the church throughout Kentucky. Let it be said also that you in the country and smaller towns need us quite as much as we meed you. This is a case in which the eye cannot say to the hand: I have no need of you, nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. If the community of interest between us were better understood, there would be a more cordial and Christian relation. We need you to reinforce our ranks with the splended material you are constantly sending to the city. Not one iota of it should be lost to our cause. On the other hand you need us to take care of your sons and daughters who are pouring in one continuous stream of young lives into the currents and whirlpools of temptation in our swift and dangerous city life. The drift toward the city does not abate, but is daily swollen. A conservative estimate gives the increase in the population of our own city for last year at ten thousand, and the tendency toward a life of irreligion, especially among new comers, seems to have augmented at a similar ratio. Louisville occupies a unique position as a large city. It is the only city of any size in the State and one of the largest south of of the Ohio river. Because of its seminaries and medical schools it annually attracts thousands of young men from all over the South. There are a score or more of Cumberland Presbyterian young men here now. Away from the wholesome restraints of home and under the baneful influences of city life, they need their own church home to safeguard them. Every young man coming to the city for only a few months should carry his church letter with him just as he does his trunk and should deposit it at once in his own church. The average young student will lost what little religion he has in much less than a four years' course in the ordinary medical college unless he is revitalized weekly by the ozone of a good Christian church. The same is equally true of the law student, the clerk and the laborer. Multitudes of young women are subject to like influences. I am amazed at the culpable indifference of parents and friends and, some times, pastors, as well, in regad to the welfare of the young in this respect. There is no reason why they should not find a place in the service of the church. One of the most useful workers we have had is a young medical student, a Prebyterian, who was led to our church through the thoughtfulness of a friend who is a Congregationalist. This same man has been the means of bringing a number of young men to us by just a little interest in them and the church.

A little more of the spirit of affinity and affliation would not be amiss among Cumberland Presbyterians. Strangers coming to our city who have been members of our church elsewhere should find their way at once to their own church, and if they intend to remain here for any length of time whould bring their church letters with them. They will meet with a most cordial welcome.
    Louisville, Ky.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, March 15, 1900, pages 332-333]

1890
Louisville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Pastor: B. D. Cockrill
Kentucky Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1890, page 182]

1891
Louisville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Pastor: None Listed
Kentucky Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1891, page 198]

1892
Louisville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Pastor: J. A. McKamy
Kentucky Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1892, page 206]

1893
Louisville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Pastor: J. A. McKamy
Kentucky Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1893, page 208]

1894
Louisville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Pastor: J. A. McKamy
Kentucky Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1894, page 220]

1895
Louisville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Pastor: J. A. McKamy
Kentucky Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1895, page 230]

1896
Louisville, Oak Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Minister: J. A. McKamy
Kentucky Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1896, page 211]

1897
Louisville, Oak Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Minister: J. A. McKamy
Kentucky Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1897, page 176]

1898
Louisville, Oak Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: P. M. Collier, 425 W. Main, Louisville
Minister: U. W. McMillan
Louisville Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1898, page 197]

1899
Louisville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: P. M. Collier, 1037 4th St., Louisville, Ky.
Minister: U. W. McMillan
Louisville Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1899, page 93a]

1900
Louisville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post-Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Minister: U. W. McMillan
Louisville Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1900, page 112a]

1901
Louisville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Minister in Charge: U. W. McMillan
Louisville Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1901, page 139a]

1902
Louisville, Oak Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Minister in Charge: U. W. McMillan
Louisville Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1902, page 129a]

1903
Louisville, Oak Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Minister Now in Charge: U. W. McMillan
Louisville Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1903, page 115a]

1904
Louisville, Oak Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Minister Now in Charge: U. W. McMillan
Louisville Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1904, page 98a]

1905
Louisville, Oak Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Minister in Charge: U. W. McMillan
Louisville Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1905, page 79a]

1906
Louisville, Oak Street Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clerk of the Session and Post Office: P. M. Collier, Louisville, Ky.
Minister in Charge: U. W. McMillan
Louisville Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1906, page 70a]