"cooked a 'Bean Supper' for the whole group"

Notes on Central Presbyterian Church
founded October 10, 1928
2950 Warren Blvd., Chicago 60612

• Changed name from “New Eighth Church” (1922)
• Merged with the Central Park Church (10/10/1928). 
• During a period of financial difficulty a dinner was held (2/10/1943) — Professor Jesse Halsey of McCormick Seminary cooked a “Bean Supper” for the whole group. 
• All-Negro “St. Paul Church” & all-white “Central Church” merged (first event of its kind in history of Presby. Church—9/1/1947). 
• United with “Warren Avenue Congregational Church” to form the “Chicago, Warren-Central Church” in 1968.

from The Churches of the Presbyteries of Chicago edited by Bill Lankton and Lou Hasse, February 2010