Satellite Churches
Bellevue has three satellite churches in Memphis and Shelby County. Impact Baptist Church, in the Frayser community, is the largest and fastest growing African-American Southern Baptist Church in Tennessee. In 2009 the congregation began meeting in a facility formerly occupied by Georgian Hills Baptist Church at 3759 N. Watkins. Impact Ministry operates a weekly food pantry, with Bellevue volunteers distributing food each Saturday morning to approximately 175 families. Impact also offers a thrift store and tutoring for students. Iglesia Bella Vista is a Hispanic church plant near Summer and Highland. A third church plant, Bellevue Arlington, began meeting at Arlington High School in September 2009.
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