Nashville’s historic Lindsley Avenue church balances maintenance needs and its mission.
The Sunday sun streams through the Lindsley Avenue Church of Christ’s stained glass windows, rimming the dark wooden benches with a golden halo.
But it’s the people — some from the suburbs, others from the streets — who really light up the place.
Likely the oldest Church of Christ still meeting in downtown Nashville, Lindsley Avenue has roots reaching to the 1850s. The ornate windows, turrets, gables, pinnacles and cupola of its building — which dates from 1894 — survived sweeping urban changes to maintain the congregation’s compassionate presence in the city’s heart.
Lindsley Avenue’s identity features twin hallmarks: the striking architecture and the willingness to serve everyone who finds the way in.
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