
Connecticut church celebrates its 150th anniversary
TRUMBULL, Conn. — In 2016, Ted Abercrombie called the Trumbull…
One of the early church buildings is pictured in this undated photo. (Photo via Jacksonville Daily Progress)
As seen in the Jacksonville Daily Progress:
In the small town of New Summerfield, a group of small churches line up on one street.
Dead center is a church that stands tall —a church that will celebrate its 100th birthday on Sept. 16.
Back in the early 1900s, the few New Summerfield Church of Christ members would alternate holding service in their homes.
In 1912, J.Henry Dickson and A.G Alex Tipton were appointed elders of the church and William Medford and George W. Sowell were appointed deacons.
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