This church is one of Chandler’s oldest black churches. Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist church began in 1938 in a tent located on Winn Addition, Lot #12 on East Saragosa Street.Oral history from the only living member of the original Mt. Olive membership, Mother Carlanthe Turner stated the church was 70 years old as of 2006
Worshippers have for years been baptized in an immersion pool built behind the church’s pulpit.
On October 14, 1941, under the leadership of Rev. James, the members purchased a Lot on cash and built a small house of worship.
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