The Greater Bowers Memorial Jubilee C.M.E Church
a living memorial of the late rev thomas a bowers a former pastor of st peters c.m.e church of kansas city kansas the principal objective of the church was evangelical expanxion of youth movements in the early 1930's the first bishop was j . arthur hamlett
bowers was established in january 1931 in theheart of kansas city mo. during a period of the great depression .the initial consisted of persons from brewers chapel a store front of 17th & michigan streets the congregation consisted of these members
rev.n.b brewer ester brewer,james banks,jack& willie stokes,jeremiah cameron,rufus&louie banks, the congegation continued to grow members such as members dr.& mrs. f.j haugh , sr. and family mr. mrs. williams the moore and gilber daniels family mrs frankie goodall jones, mr.&mrs. osborne mr. c.w porter ,mrs. lula harvey mr j.a hammilett , mrs.evelyn hamlett within the first to years bowers continued the grow also with johnnie banks ezell boyd blanch brewer mrs.beatrice carter
bishop & willa cooper, j.c coleman, estella cain bessie fields ernestine johnson, delutha & julia king , mrs dula adams ida & george pennington willie & stella ashford
julia baskerville, dallas johnson, fred & dora loving , juanita loving,mrs.w.h nickerson, mr.w.n dixon
the young congregation struggled for 13 years to meet the financial needs of the church at times the parsonage( not at the church site any more) was rented to have extra money for the congregation however GOD allowed the faithful to become more prosperous in the 1940's &1950's on july 2nd 1944 the morgage was paid off
the edifice built in 1907 of native stone and german design cost @ a cost of $15,000 with a floor seating of 400 and balcony seating of 100
church compacity of 500 the cme church purchased the property from the st.paul evanelical church
in january of 1931 considerable renovations were made unders the ministry leadership of the late( rev p.c campbell ) the ceiling had repairs
the roof was redone there was new carpet put in new alter rails , pews and the entire santuary was painted
in 1993 bowers memorial cme church was identified as one of the 160 historical sites
the greater bowers memorial ( jubilee ) later droped off ) cme church
in the 84 years of life of bowers eventful and uneventful bowers has had 9 bishops 14 presiding elders and 26 pastors
as of july the greater bowers memorial cme church consist of the following members
the pastor george wood fork, lovie d. woodfork dave & nancy thomas , linda thomas latonya thomas o. thomas
gaylyne blewett, gerritt blewett ,myesha coleman, mi'yanna coleman , michael woodfork , george derrel woodfork ,george gerrel woodfork,
mickeyla williamson ,gormya woodfork ,arnie fletcher ,amela fletcher ,evonne pennington, joyce hightowe,r jessie horne, allen mclelan,
ruth johnson ,kisses miller, noble miller, logan miller, irene carter , michelle carter , dre'qira hayslett, jammie moore ,kim moore, venus moore,
maurice moore ,beatrice wright . rev mevin lewis jada shelton , jordyn shelton, emma williams ,joanne wright ,jasper kee ,helen ross ,
terry thomas , collin thomas , mabel kerr ,virgil lewis ,julius lewis & lennie lewis
the greater bowers memorial cme church
a living memorial of the late rev thomas a bowers a former pastor of st peters c.m.e church of kansas city kansas the principal objective of the church was evangelical expanxion of youth movements in the early 1930's the first bishop was j . arthur hamlett
bowers was established in january 1931 in theheart of kansas city mo. during a period of the great depression .the initial consisted of persons from brewers chapel a store front of 17th & michigan streets the congregation consisted of these members
rev.n.b brewer ester brewer,james banks,jack& willie stokes,jeremiah cameron,rufus&louie banks, the congegation continued to grow members such as members dr.& mrs. f.j haugh , sr. and family mr. mrs. williams the moore and gilber daniels family mrs frankie goodall jones, mr.&mrs. osborne mr. c.w porter ,mrs. lula harvey mr j.a hammilett , mrs.evelyn hamlett within the first to years bowers continued the grow also with johnnie banks ezell boyd blanch brewer mrs.beatrice carter
bishop & willa cooper, j.c coleman, estella cain bessie fields ernestine johnson, delutha & julia king , mrs dula adams ida & george pennington willie & stella ashford
julia baskerville, dallas johnson, fred & dora loving , juanita loving,mrs.w.h nickerson, mr.w.n dixon
the young congregation struggled for 13 years to meet the financial needs of the church at times the parsonage( not at the church site any more) was rented to have extra money for the congregation however GOD allowed the faithful to become more prosperous in the 1940's &1950's on july 2nd 1944 the morgage was paid off
the edifice built in 1907 of native stone and german design cost @ a cost of $15,000 with a floor seating of 400 and balcony seating of 100
church compacity of 500 the cme church purchased the property from the st.paul evanelical church
in january of 1931 considerable renovations were made unders the ministry leadership of the late( rev p.c campbell ) the ceiling had repairs
the roof was redone there was new carpet put in new alter rails , pews and the entire santuary was painted
in 1993 bowers memorial cme church was identified as one of the 160 historical sites
the greater bowers memorial ( jubilee ) later droped off ) cme church
in the 84 years of life of bowers eventful and uneventful bowers has had 9 bishops 14 presiding elders and 26 pastors
as of july the greater bowers memorial cme church consist of the following members
the pastor george wood fork, lovie d. woodfork dave & nancy thomas , linda thomas latonya thomas o. thomas
gaylyne blewett, gerritt blewett ,myesha coleman, mi'yanna coleman , michael woodfork , george derrel woodfork ,george gerrel woodfork,
mickeyla williamson ,gormya woodfork ,arnie fletcher ,amela fletcher ,evonne pennington, joyce hightowe,r jessie horne, allen mclelan,
ruth johnson ,kisses miller, noble miller, logan miller, irene carter , michelle carter , dre'qira hayslett, jammie moore ,kim moore, venus moore,
maurice moore ,beatrice wright . rev mevin lewis jada shelton , jordyn shelton, emma williams ,joanne wright ,jasper kee ,helen ross ,
terry thomas , collin thomas , mabel kerr ,virgil lewis ,julius lewis & lennie lewis
the greater bowers memorial cme church