Bass Tabernacle CME Church

History :

The history of a church chronicles the memories of the past, preserves the events of the present, and gives encouragement for the future. This is true of Bass Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Bass Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is composed of two former congregations, Flatwood Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and Liberty Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. The histories of both the Flatwood C.M.E. Church and the Liberty C.M.E. Church dates back to the time of slavery.

The Flatwood Church was semi-integrated. The blacks were permitted to attend church with their masters, having a white minister as their leader. As time passed, the whites no longer wanted the blacks to share their church. The blacks then worship in whatever old building they could find until Mr. B.S. Evans, a member of the white Flatwood Church donated an acre of land for the purpose of building a church.