The First Presbyterian Church at one time was located at 154 5th Avenue North in

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. This location now houses the Downtown Presbyterian Church, a completely different congregation than First Presbyterian Church which moved to the suburbs in the 1950s. It is a member of the

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. The membership stood at 4,265 in 2012. The church was started in 1849 and the building housing the Downtown Presbyterian Church was added to the

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in 1970. It is now located on 4815 Franklin Pike, Nashville, TN 37220. The head pastor is Dr. Ryan V. Moore and shares a campus with The Oak Hill Day School. Actress

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married Gordon Leigh Anderson in the church on September 25, 1967, presided by Rev. Walter Rowe Courtenay.

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