Talk:Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church

Klan History
It is always gratifying to return to an article and find that controversial portions have been removed with no discussion and explanation. In this case the important history of the church in the 1920s KKK has been removed by someone who obviously doesn't want it to be know. This is precisely what makes Wikipedia worthless. Nicmart (talk) 03:25, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Klan History
I have removed the paragraph about Reid Memorial Church being a center of Klan activity in the 1920s. It is true that Richmond had a very large and active Klan organization, even by Indiana standards. It is also true that Robert Lyons, whose father was a former pastor of the church, was a high official in the state organization. The book Citizen Klansman, which is cited as evidence, says that "when Lyons and Stephenson traveled together to Richmond, Lyons evidently began his recruitment drive among his acquaintances at the Reid Church." As someone who had moved to Indianapolis, it's not a stretch to think that some of the people he had kept up with in Richmond were members of his father's church.

Additionally, ALL protestant churches were prime targets for Klan recruitment, and Reid was no worse than the other mainline protestant churches in Richmond. S1o8o (talk) 16:45, 8 February 2024 (UTC)