Everette T. Whisnant, Johnny Jones

Macel Pate Falwell Tells the Real Story of Jerry Fallwell

http://www.cbn.com/tv/1420107444001?mobile=false

Macel Pate and Delore Pate played and sang for Dad in the church and on Radio,.

Macel Pate Fallwell said in the video that the church she attended  the pastor had left (that would be my Dad) 

The    real story was that Macel Pate was playing the piano in the church Park Ave Baptist Church in Lyncbhurg VA. where my Dad was the Pastor. Dad left and went to Roaonoke. The church in Lynchburg got another pastor who was not very good. A group of people wanted to start another church. It is my understadning that my Dad was called to help out this group and start another church and they called it Thomas Road Baptist Church. 

 

http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Macel-Falwell&lc=4896&pid=176146730&mid=6638102

 

History of Everette Whisnant, (Pauline Whisnant too)

http://cwhisna.blogspot.com/search/label/Dad%20or%20Mom

 

February 07 2016 Charity and Charles were in the church at Dad started  with a good group of people and was the first Pastor in 1942 

Ashoboro N.C.

In 1942, with a church membership of 106, Rev. Everette Whisnant was called as the first pastor and the church was given the name of Ward Street Baptist Church. Today the church is called Fayetteville Street Baptist Church.

The church is doing great, and they have a great pastor:

 

 

 

Dad was an evangelist before he was a pastor. He and Johnny Johnes traveled wit hthis tent a number of times, and Dad was still doing this when I was born

 

Dad was an Tent Evangelist as late as the 1960's.  In this report it was in 1951 when Dad was pastor of the Orange Avenue Baptist Church in Roanoke VA. But he would set up a tent and whole at least two weeks meeting. 

 

 

When I was older I loved going to the lumber yard and getting truck loads of shaving for the Tent Meetings.

I like pens just like my Dad

Dad and his hat was a standard in the 40's until he died in 1966

 

Dad was not only like Tent Meetings, and start Churches but he love the Radio  WLVA  Lynchburg VA

1947 

WLVA was Lynchburg's first radio station, signing on for the first time at 7:00 PM on April 21, 1930 on 1230kHz (W Lynchburg, VirginiA). By 1934, WLVA was broadcasting at a power of 100 watts.^[2] At a time when many local radio stations were owned by or affiliated with newspapers, WLVA was not; consequently, the station frequently found itself in direct competition with Lynchburg's papers. In 1934, WLVA allied itself with the Washington Herald which was attempting to increase circulation in the Lynchburg area. The Herald's Lynchburg correspondent, Nowlin Puckett, furnished local news on WLVA from August until December 1934.^[2] In late 1934, WLVA experimented with rebroadcasting selected programs from station WLW (Cincinnati, Ohio). Most listeners in Lynchburg could not ordinarily receive WLW, but WLVA installed a special high-powered receiver on the outskirts of Lynchburg which it used to tune in WLW and re-broadcast the signal to Lynchburg listeners.^{[3]   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLVA}

 

The above churches

Top Right and Left:  Victory Baptist Church in Roanoke Virginia 1955

Middle Church:  Williams Road Baptist Church 1951

Bottom church:  Roanoke Baptist Temple on Airport Road 1962

 

 



Dad at Wake Forest Seminary in 1922, he is in this group some where. Dad would have been 17 or 18 years old

 

My Mom in here 80's. lived 44 years after Dad died.

Dad and Mom they were together for about 26 years in the ministry. Mom as as much apart of the ministry was Dad was.  Dad preached, Mom Played the music.

 

Too much usually is talked about the Precher, little about his wife, but I can say my wife and my Mom was as much apart of the ministry as Dad or me.

 

I do not know where this church was

 

 

Dad is on the left and Mom is on the Right side

Can not make out the radio station must have been in the 40's.

THE VOICE OF CALVARY

Always started the program with

"At Calvary"

 

Dad and Mom was on the National Radio in the 30's thur 1966 when dad died.

I have the photo . 
Macel Falwell before she was a Falwell, but a young lady that was a member of Dad's church in Lynchurg, Va. and her sister, and Mrs. Jim Moon before she was married to Jim. 
1947

Tobacco Radio Network 1942 Everette Whisnant

 

Tobacco Radio Network was a radio network owned and operated by Capitol Broadcasting Company of Raleigh, North Carolina. Begun in 1942, the network was dedicated to educating and keeping farmers informed of the latest agricultural news, stories, and market standings. With the help of broadcaster Ray Wilkinson, the network went from being broadcast on one North Carolina affiliate to affiliates from Virginia to Florida. In the late 1940s, a sister station was formed called the Tobacco Sports Network, which carried North Carolina collegiate football and basketball. In 1959, the two networks were merged into the Tobacco Network and later that became the Capitol Agribusiness Network. In 1996, all of Capitol Broadcasting's radio networks were restructured and merged into the North Carolina News Network.

Trip to Ashoboro N.C. Ward Street Baptist Church 1942- 1945 to Fayetteville Street Baptist Church

February 07 2016 Charity and Myself (Charles Whisnant) drove to Ashoboro N.C. to visit the church that my father Everette Whisnant was the first pastor of the church in 1942.  It was my understanding by a member of the orginial church that Dad had held Tent Meetings and from that group a church was called into extending. 

This lady Mom and Dad was in the church at Ward Street Baptist Church back in 1942 and she said she remembered her Mom speaking of Everette.  When we told her our name, she said she remembered her Mom saying a lot about "Everette Whisnant."   

 

There were several others there. After the services another had said she had a photo of her setting on the pew at Ward Street Baptist Church.

The Pastor, Bruce was so friends and was so good to us that Sunday.

Everette Whisnant, Pauline Greene Whisnant Radio

 

 

 

Note that Mom is standing behind the mike that says Mutual Broadcasting System.

 

Mom must have been a teenager when she went to a Tent Meeting where Dad was preaching, and she want to be a part of the ministry.  And for the next few years starting working with Dad, and she learn to play the piano, and later they were married.

 

Dad was on Radio in the 30's. and was on Radio until he died in 1966.  The Voice of Calvary was the title of the Radio ministry.

The Mutual Broadcasting System (commonly referred to as simply Mutual; sometimes referred to as MBS, the Mutual Broadcasting Company, or the Mutual Radio Network; corporate name Mutual Broadcasting System, Inc.) was an American radio network in operation from 1934 to 1999. In the golden age of U.S. radio drama, Mutual was best known as the original network home of The Lone Ranger and The Adventures of Superman and as the long-time radio residence of The Shadow. For many years, it was a national broadcaster for Major League Baseball (including the All-Star Game and World Series), the National Football League, and Notre Dame football. From the mid-1930s and for decades after, Mutual ran a highly respected news service accompanied by a variety of popular commentary shows. Toward the end of its run as a major programmer, it introduced the country to Larry King.

 

The station was signed on in 1949 by the Raleigh News and Observer as WNAO-FM to simulcast sister station WNAO, 850 AM.^[ The stations were sold to Sir Walter Television effective February 13, 1953.^[4] In 1959 the station became WKIX-FM, simulcasting much of sister AM WKIX's top 40 format. This move was out of necessity as WKIX-AM's 10 kW signal was powered down to a directional 5 kW at night, preventing the station from having full area coverage. In 1972, WKIX-FM changed format to easy listening WYYD. The station became a satellite MOR station in 1983 and two years later changed its letters to WYLT ("Lite 96.1"), playing soft adult contemporary music.

The Preachers from a Fellowship Preachers meeting:  My Dad is in the last row last one on the right, 

Everette Whisnant, 1938

Everette Whisnant Preaching in the Midway Evangelistic Center  Burlington N.C. 1945

Everette Whisnant, In Burlington N.C.

Danville, Satursday May 5, 1945

Everette Thomas Whisnant, Evangelist, Radio Speaker, Tent Preacher, Pastor

Everette Whisnant, The Bee Danville Va. May 1951

My Dad Everette Whisnant, was an Pastor, Preacher,  Evangelist for over 44 years as far as I know.

 

One of the places he was ask to preach was the Baptist Tabernacle In Danville, Virginia

Everette Whisnant, John H. Jones

Everette Whisnant newspaper June 17 1944 in Burlington N.C.

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In 1944 My Dad Everette Whisnant, and John H. Jones were a team that travel in my places with a tent preching and leading singing.

 

This paper is from the Burlington N.C. June 17 1944

Everette Whisnant,

Mom started going to Dad's tent meetings when she was sixteen I am told. So if Mom was born in 1923 that would have been 1939.  I was born in 1947 October.  Mom and Dad were married I guess around 1944-46 (?). 

Mom 

This is the last photo that I have of Dad

Everette T. Whisnant Pastor

Everette Thomas Whisnant

 

Fayetteville Street Baptist Church was founded in 1937 as an outgrowth of an evangelistic meeting held in Asheboro by Rev. George Cooper.  A tabernacle was erected on Ward Street by a group of believers, and an evangelistic club was organized, with Colvin West as president, to secure preachers to minister to this somewhat small congregation. 

 In 1942, with a church membership of 106, Rev. Everette Whisnant was called as the first pastor, and the church was called as the first pastor, and the church was given the name Ward Street Baptist Church.   (my notes: That is what Dad always did call the church by the name of the street the church was on)

In 1946, Rev. Ed Madaris became pastor.  It was under his ministry that the church moved to its current location at 901 N. Fayetteville Street.  In 1954, the first phase of the present building was constructed and the church was renamed to Fayetteville Street Baptist Church.  The first parsonage was built on Presnell Street during Rev. Madaris’s ministry.

       

In the fall of 1960, Rev. Eddie Morrison was called as pastor.  During his ministry, they built the present auditorium. On Easter Sunday morning in 1964, the first service was held in the new auditorium.

       

In January of 1965, Rev. Kenneth Peters began his ministry.  During this time, Michael McManus of Piedmont Bible College was called as the first Youth Director of FSBC.

       

In 1970, Rev. Harold Bowe of Piedmont Bible College was called to pastor.  During his first year of ministry, a bus ministry was started under the direction of Rev. Donald Ketcham.  A nursery and daycare center was opened, along with the first kindergarten classes.  This laid the foundation for Fayetteville Street Christian School.  At this time a new parsonage was built on Springwood Street.  In 1972, a mission was started on Bowman Road near Randleman with Richard Whiteheart as the pastor.  Rev. Darrell Sauls succeeded Brother Whiteheart in 1978, and on Sunday, May 4, 1980, the mission was organized as Calvary Baptist Church, which continues on to this day.

       

Rev. Nat Thompson was called in 1974 to come as Minister of Music, and later was called as pastor to succeed Rev. Bowe in 1976.  He stayed with the church until 1981.

       

In the fall of 1981, Dr. John Gamble began filling in as interim pastor, and became the pastor in June of 1982, serving until December of 1989.        

 

In January of 1990, Rev. Adrian Pugh began his ministry at FSBC as pastor.  During this time, many improvements to include stained glass windows, carpeting, refinishing the pews, and repaving the parking lot, were made to the church and surrounding areas.  Rev. Pugh resigned/retired on June 30, 2006.

   

On January 1, 2007, Dr. Bruce W. Dickerson began his ministry as senior pastor.  Pastor Dickerson is assisted by David Weaver who serves as the church’s full-time Youth Pastor.  Under their leadership, the church has begun to experience a growth spurt including many young couples with their children and teens.  Several large projects have recently been accomplished and mission support has been greatly increased.  Please accept our invitation to visit one of our upcoming services and see firsthand the wonderful things that are being accomplished at  FSBC to the glory of God.

http://www.visitfsbc.org/

 

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Everette and Pauline Whisnant