A HISTORICAL SKETCH THE NEW ZION BAPTIST CHURCH WAS FORMERLY THE WALL AVE. BAPT, CHURCH. IN 1918, THE UTAH BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION PURCHASED A LOT FOR %1,100,,00 IN THE BEGINNING THERE WERE SEVEN MEMBERS. IN 1929, A SUNDAY SCHOOL WAS STARTED BY THE LATE MRS, GEORGIA A. HOLT WHO CAME TO OGDEN FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. (N JULY OF 1952, A PARSONAGE WAS BOUGHT AND FURNISHED AT A COST OF $8,000.00 IN FEBRUARY 1954, A NEW PARSONAGE ‘ND TWO LOTS WERE PURCHASED. THE CHURCH NOW STANDS UPON uno UW TEDOm ete 9 THR, COST OF THE LOTS AND THE PRESENT PARSONAGE WAS 9, 850. 00 GROUND-BREAKING SERVICES WERE HELD SU.'DAY MAY 16, 1954. MONEY WAS DONATED BY BRO. OLED BLACKMORE, AN USHER, TO HAVE THE BASEMENT D’G,. THE CORNERSTONE WAS LAID SUNDAY OCT. 31, 1955, (HREE YEARS LATER, OCTOBER 26, 1958, THE CHURCH W:3 DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF GOD. MANY HOURS oF FREE LABOR WERE DONATED BY THE MEMBERS, FRI: DS, AND THE ALRMEN OF HILL AIR FORCE BASE. | THE NAME "NEW ZION” WAS SUGGESTED BY 18S. JIMMIE L WILSON AND THE RIBBON WAS CUT BY "RS. ELLA V. BELL AND MISS BEVERLY GRAHAM. IT IS SAID THAT THIS CHURCH IS. THE C:iURCH "BUILT BY FAITH" BECAUSE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST EFFORT, THERE WAS LESS THAN 100, CO IN THE. BANK AND ONLY 143 MEMBERS. THE FIRST PERSON BAPTIZED IN THE CHURCH WAS CHARLOTTE MATTHEWS (MRS. EDDIE TILIMAN). PASTORS WHO HAVE SERVED WELL WEREs REV. J. L. JONES, 1937-3 REV. PAXTON, 1926-1940: REV.° JESSE L. CONNER, 1942~1948¢ REV. J. L, ROLLERSON , age 19513 REV. B. J. WASHINGTON, 1952~1963: REV. So Je MILLS PR, 196k 3 and REV Li Ae CURRY, 196 5 GO WLese NnGe