FROM THE ARCHIVES: Fayetteville's Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church

Rev. Haggler at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church on Feb. 6, 1974.

Cross Creek Cemetery with Evans Metropolitan AME Zion church on Cool Spring Street in the background on Aug. 2, 1976.

Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church on Cool Spring Street on July 3, 1979.

Bishop J.W. Hood of Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church.

Bishop J.W. Hood of Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church

Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church on Nov. 8, 1989.

Candlelight tour at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Fayetteville on Nov. 19, 1989.

Candlelight tour at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Fayetteville on Nov. 19, 1989.

Bishop George E. Battle Jr. preaches at the AME Zion Central North Carolina Conference at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Fayetteville on Nov. 9, 1999.

Lucille Robinson and other members of the AME Zion Church listen as Bishop George E. Battle Jr. preaches during the Central North Carolina Conference at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Fayetteville on Nov. 9, 1999.

Bishop George E. Battle, Jr, Presiding Prelate Eastern NC and Virgin Islands Episcopal District gives the sermon to a packed sanctuary during services marking the 200th anniversary of Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church on March 26, 2000.

Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church members Arnetha T. Robinson, left to right, Winona Humphrey and Marian K. McKinney, Chairperson bicentennial committee in 2001.

Rev. David Moore, pastor of Metropolitan AME Zion church in Washington, NC gives the sermon at Evans Metropolitan A.M.E Zion church Sunday morning, Feb. 18, 2001.. The church was celebrating its bicentennial.

Dr. Lawrence Miller, left, pastor at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church, and Dr. Annette Billie, chair of archives/artifact committee will help host a unity service with different Methodist groups next week as part of the annual Methodist conference. They are pictured in the sanctuary of the church in 2001.

Hundreds turned out for "A Celebration of Shared Heritage and Unity" at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church Wednesday, June 15, 2001. The four branches of Methodism come together Wednesday evening for a unity service.

Alcoylite Kyle Jones peaks in during services Sunday morning, Aug. 12, 2001, at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church.

Sherman McBeth, the pastor at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church in 2002.

Rev. Ricky Frazier recently left Southern Pines to become the new pastor of Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church on North Cool Spring Street in Fayetteville in 2002.

Annette Billie signs copy of her book which chronicles the 210 year history of the Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Fayetteville in 2006.

Three year old L.J. Harrington looks up at his mother, Valencia, during church service Sunday morning at the Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church on North Cool Springs Street in 2006.

The HASM Community Choir rehearses under the direction of Helene G. Smith at the Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

Terry L. Levitt, Wilton C. Jones and Lorenzo Jones rehearse with the HASM Community Choir under the direction of Helene G. Smith at the Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

Soprano Soloist Rosemary M. Reed rehearses with the HASM Community Choir under the direction of Helene G. Smith at the Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

Bishop Samuel Monroe, Sr. raises his hand in agreement as Evans Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church pastor Rev. Corey D. Little preaches to the congregation at the community Thanksgiving service at Hay Street United Methodist Church on Nov. 23, 2014.

Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church, 301 N. Cool Spring Street in Fayetteville, Friday June 19, 2015 the public was invited for a prayer and solidarity service. Presbytery organized it. In response to the church shooting in Charleston, S.C.

AnnaLisa Johannessen Locke, left, prays with Shirley and Lester Bussey while Mr. Bussey is holds his great grandson, D.J. Fryar during the prayer service at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church, 301 N. Cool Spring Street in Fayetteville, Friday June 19, 2015. The public was invited for a prayer and solidarity service, In response to the church shooting in Charleston, S.C.

Lester Bussey holds his great grand son, D.J. Fryar,16 months old during the prayer service at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church, 301 N. Cool Spring Street in Fayetteville,Friday June 19, 2015 the public was invited for a prayer and solidarity service. In response to the church shooting in Charleston, S.C.

Rev. Corey Little, pastor of Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church, speaks to participants on a bus tour of Fayetteville historic sites associated with Edward and Sallie Evans Monday, Feb. 22, 2016.

Beulah McKay, at right, explains to Dee Boyer how to crochet a blanket from plastic grocery store bags. They were at the knitting and crochet class at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Fayetteville on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016.

The Rev. William Barber II, president of the NAACP, appears at a news conference at the Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Fayetteville on Nov. 7, 2016, to urge people to vote and announce an effort to extend voting hours on election day.

Participants on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, pray at the end of a rally against a proposal to require North Carolina voters to show a photo ID when casting a ballot in person. The event was held by the Democracy North Carolina voter rights organization at Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church in Fayetteville.