Abstract
On August 23, 2009, the predominately white Shively Heights Baptist Church and the predominately African American St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church merged to form St. Paul Baptist Church @ Shively Heights. The merger of the two Louisville, Kentucky, congregations garnered much local and national media attention. “Why?”, “How?”, and “Will it work?” were oft-asked questions. In this article, an attempt to answer these questions is made.
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