Hill Street Church Names Building

From left to right: Dr. C.R. Edwards and  Mrs. Edwards, Dr. Nilous Avery and Mrs. Avery, Mrs. Patricia Ogden and Dr. Keith Ogden, Pastor of Hill Street Baptist Church.

Staff reports

Hill Street Missionary Baptist Church, under the leadership of Dr. Keith A. Ogden, celebrated its annual appreciation program recently, and used the occasion to honor long-time former pastor Dr. Nilous Avery and his wife, First Lady Mrs. Christine Avery. The Reverend Dr. C.R. Edwards, a lifelong friend and seminary classmate of Dr Avery, was the guest speaker, offering a profound and powerful message on the subject “A Fool-Proof Ministry.”

During
the celebration the church announced that its new educational building
will be called the “Dr Nilous M. Avery Multi-Purpose Building.” Dr.
Avery served the church and the wider Asheville community for more than
half a century, from 1951 until his retirement in 2002. The church also
plans to rename its well-established daycare center for Mrs. Avery.

The
“Christine Avery Daycare Center” will honor the pastor’s first lady,
who founded the Hill Street Baptist Daycare center over 45 years ago.