Emanuel King Love

Background

Love, Emanuel King was born on July 27, 1850 in near Marion, Alabama, United States. Son of Cumby J. and Maria Love.

Education

Attended Lincoln University, Marion, 1871. Graduate Augusta (Georgia) Institute, 1877. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Selma (Alabama) University, 1888.

Career

Ordained to ministry Baptist Church, 1875. Missionary in Georgia, 1877-1879. Minister First African Baptist Church, Thomasville, Georgia, 1879-1884.

Supervisor Sunday School missions for Negroes in Georgia, 1881-1885.

Pastor First African Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia, 1885-1900. Organizer, president Baptist Foreign Mission Convention, 1889-1891, 93.

Editor, founder The Baptist Truth (magazine of Georgia Negro Baptist Convention). Aided Negro education Author: History of the First African Baptist Church, 1788-1888.

Achievements

• Emanuel King Love has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: History of the First African Baptist Church, 1788-1888.

Connections

Married Josephine Leeks, October 30, 1879.

Father:

Cumby J.

Mother:

Maria Love

Spouse:

Josephine Leeks