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Greater Bethel Baptist Church

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Demonination

Baptist

Pastor

J. Wesley Rhodes

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

County

Hillsborough County (Fla.)

City

Tampa

Established

1898

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Title

Greater Bethel Baptist Church

Subject

Florida Historical Records Survey

Work Projects Administration

Florida -- Churches

Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs.

Church buildings -- Florida

Description

WPA Church Record for Greater Bethel Baptist Church in Tampa, Hillsborough County, established in 1898. This Baptist church served a mainly African-American congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by J. Wesley Rhodes.

Creator

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

Source

State Library of Florida, WPA Survey of Church Records

Date

1898

Format

church records

Type

Text

Identifier

slf_wpachurch_1999

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Denomination

Baptist

County

Hillsborough County (Fla.)

City

Tampa

Race/Ethnicity

African-American

Pastor

J. Wesley Rhodes

Image URL

0802130

0802131

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Church Name

Greater Bethel Baptist Church

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Greater Bethel Baptist Church. 1898. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/248676>, accessed 14 June 2026.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Greater Bethel Baptist Church. 1898. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/248676>

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For FY2025-26, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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