FROM THE ARCHIVES: Fayetteville's Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church over the years

Sunday School Class #3 of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in 1954.

Thanena Wilson, director of Cumberland County Community Development, speaks during the homebuyers seminar at Mount Sinai Baptist Church on Murchison Road Saturday, Nov. 11, 1999.

Six month old James Hills III gets a lesson in drinking out of a cup, from his father James Hills II, at the supper at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2001.

Jimmy Morrow, Maye Walker, Evelyn Durham and Paul Lewis enjoy their meal during the supper at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2001.

Mary Lewis cuts up the cake and puts it on plates for dessert at the supper at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2001.

Pastor Aaron Johnson greets church goers at the Good Friday service at Mount Sinai Baptist Church on March 29, 2002.

JoAnn Bishop and Margaret Morrow pause a moment before going into Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, Sunday morning, Aug. 11, 2002.

Letitia Myles, Geneva Mixon and Latoya Evans stop and talk for a moment before going into Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, Sunday morning, Aug. 11, 2002.

Dr. Aaron Johnson (right) and his son, Jamale, in 2005. The two are pastors at Mount Sinai Baptist Church on Murchison Road.

(L&R sitting) Jasmine Johnson,16 and Brandon Dunham, 15 (L&R standing) Ronald Williams, 14, Tyisha Adderly, 16, and Ryan Robinson,15. A team of young people from Mt. Sinai Baptist Church recently won a national Bible bowl championship in 2005.

A full house holds hands and bows their heads in prayer during a rally to support E.E. Smith High School at Mount Sinai Baptist Church on March 12, 2006.

Pastor Jamale Johnson of Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church will lead the community children's dedication o June 14. "Jesus loved children," he said, "and we should be doing more to share his love with them."

City Council Member DJ Haire and Mayor Mitch Colvin welcome residents as The Fayetteville Observer holds a forum discussing how the public feels about renaming a portion of Murchison Road. The forum was held at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

Ethelyn Holden Baker gives her take on the subject of renaming a portion of Murchison Road. The Fayetteville Observer held a public forum at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

The Fayetteville Observer holds a forum discussing how the public feels about renaming a portion of Murchison Road. The forum was held at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church on Tuesday, March 26, 2019.

A photograph of the original church is on display at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church’s museum.

Louis Rollins talks about the history of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church as he walks around the church’s museum.

Some of the items and photographs on display at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church’s museum.

Some of the items and photographs on display at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church’s museum.

Louis Rollins holds up a photograph from a groundbreaking at the Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church. The church has a rich history and a museum that explains it all.

A photograph of Aaron and Mattie Johnson meeting President Ronald Reagan is on display at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church’s museum.

Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church on Murchison Road has a rich church history and a museum that explains it all.

A plaque on the front of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church commemorates the founding of the church in 1922.

Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church on Murchison Road in 2022.

Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church on Murchison Road in 2022.

Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church on Murchison Road in 2022.