History:
A Brief History
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Brewton, Alabama
The first Episcopal service held in Brewton was in 1926. The Reverend Joseph Walker of Daphne, Alabama conducted the service. Then, in 1927, The Reverend Van Edwards of Trinity Church in Atmore made his first visit to Brewton, and services were held in the Universalist Church on Belleville Avenue. In 1944, when the church body was designated a mission station with 16 communicants, services were held at the Presbyterian Church, with the Reverend George Merkle of Atmore conducting services.
In 1948, a group of dedicated women met and organized a Women’s Auxiliary with the sole purpose of raising money to build a church. It was in 1950 that application for becoming an organized mission was granted. The mission was named St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and the women selected and purchased two lots on the corner of Escambia and Peavy Streets as a future building site. Members were still attending services at temporary locations that included the Girl Scout Hut in Brewton. Ground was broken for the construction of a new church building in December of 1955. Present for the occasion were; Bishop George M. Murray and the Reverend James P. Woodson. Woodson would serve St. Stephen’s Brewton as Vicar until 1957.
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