FORT PIERCE – The mayor and City Commission here honored members of an historical African-American church congregation here with a proclamation detailing the legacy of an evangelical seed first planted in 1923 along 8th Street and later spreading to influence entire generations in another part of town as well.
While not quite as old as the city’s First Baptist Church and First Methodist Church – founded in 1887 and 1887 respectively – the Goodwill Presbyterian Church first began meeting on 8th Street just a few years after St. Anastasia Catholic Church built its iconic school building on Orange Avenue in 1914.
City Clerk Linda Cox read a proclamation into the record honoring Goodwill Presbyterian Church with its own special day during the Oct. 20 Fort Pierce City Commission meeting…