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Oak City Christian Church
Oak City, North Carolina
· Built 1921
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Oak City Christian Church, also known as Oak City Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), is a single-story, frame, weather-boarded Gothic Revival building with five lancet-arched stained glass windows and a two-story bell tower with a broached hexagonal roof. Under the guidance and influence of Rev. James M. Perry, the church was organized in 1919 as the youngest congregation of that denomination in the county. Perry was its first minister, preaching every second Sunday afternoon. The 25-member church, with Thomas W. Davenport as clerk, was enrolled in the North Carolina Missionary Society in November 1919. In 1921, C.B. Mashburn held a meeting that added 28 members to the roll. Thirty-four more members were added in July 1922, when Evangelist Ben M. Edwards held a revival there. The church school had an average attendance of 93. In December 1952, three new church school rooms had been built and equipped, carpeted, and other improvements were made at a cost of $2,000. A fund was started for new pews, and a new Hammond organ was installed. The church remains an active part of the Oak City community.
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