Welcome back to another five minutes in church history on this episode. We are talking

about Zion Presbyterian Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

Charleston is sometimes called the Holy City.

People disagree over the exact origin of that saying, but the prevailing reason seems to be the

skyline.

This was especially true before the tall buildings were built, and the skyline was dominated by steeples of churches.

There is the French Huguenot Church in, of course, the French Quarter.

The current building, Gothic style, was built in 1844, and that church still has a service in French.

There's the Episcopal Grace Church Cathedral, there's St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, not to be confused with St. John's

Lutheran Church, and there is the very high steeple of Second Presbyterian Church.

The First Presbyterian Church, which started in 1731, was founded by Scottish

Presbyterians.

And as that church grew, a second one was planned and a very impressive church was built in

1811.

But there is a church that no longer exists. It was started by Second Presbyterian Church.

There's an historical marker right off Marion Square, right at the intersection of

Meeting House and Calhoun streets.

There's a hotel there now, but it used to be the site of Zion Presbyterian Church.

And this is what the historical marker says.

Originally located at one twenty three Calhoun Street,

Zion Presbyterian was an outgrowth of the Second Presbyterian Church.

Reverend John B. Adger received permission from the session of the Second Presbyterian Church in

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