1925 - 1928: Foundations of Faith: A Church for Morningside

The Founding of Haygood

In 1926, Druid Hills Methodist Episcopal Church, South, decided to give birth to a new church, named for brother and sister, Bishop Atticus Greene Haygood and Laura Askew Haygood.

Atticus Haygood served as a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and president of Emory University.

Laura Haygood was a foreign missionary to China and educator. She was a strong proponent of equal education for women. She also organized home mission societies that provided food and shelter to the disadvantaged in Atlanta. Her work with the poor included establishing an industrial school to train people in the skills needed to hold self-supporting jobs. Here’s a good video about Laura. Click here.

Haygood continues to incorporate their witness of education, advocacy and mission work. We educate the next generation through our Weekday Children’s Ministries, recreation ministries and our weekly programming for children and youth.

1929 - 1947: On Solid Ground: Steadfast on North Highland

Building our First Building

Our first building on the corner of Highland Avenue at Lanier Place consisted of one large room

upstairs that was used for a church auditorium, seating 225–250 people in opera seats.

Classrooms were downstairs. The building was intended to be the Education building for a

permanent church on this site.

“Perhaps our greatest need at the present is a suitable Church plant large enough to

accommodate our congregation. Every Sunday a large portion of our congregation must be

seated in extra chairs. We now have 1,189 members. Our architect has finished plans, working

drawings, and specifications for our new building.”

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HAYGOOD MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1015 EAST ROCK SPRINGS RD. NE, ATLANTA, GA 30306 Phone: 404.872.9613