State Tennessee Architectural type Cathedral | Status Active | |
Location Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America Affiliation Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | ||
Mount Olive Cathedral is a Christian Methodist Episcopal cathedral in Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. It is located on the corners of Linden Avenue and Lauderdale Street. The Reverend Dr. Stevey M. Wilburn is the current minister of the cathedral.
History
Mt. Olive Cathedral originally started as a church in the Jug Factory on the corner of South Orleans and Georgia Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. As the congregation grew, the church moved into a building they had rented, and from there a brick church was built on Georgia Avenue. in 1952, the church moved to its current place, and became a cathedral. The land provided for the cathedral to be built was bought by the church from the white congregation of First Baptist Church. The cooperation of the segregated churches made an article on the New York Times.