The Reverend I.T.Tichenor, a prominent Baptist minister, has described the process as it took place in the First Baptist Church in Montgomery.

The church had nine hundred members, of whom six hundred were black.

The Negroes received a regular organization of their own under the supervision of the white pastors.
When a separation of the two bodies was later deemed desirable, it was inaugurated by a conference of the Negroes which passed a resolution couched in the kindliest terms, suggesting the wisdom of the division, and asking the concurrence of the white church in such action.

The white church cordially approved the movement, and the two bodies united in erecting a suitable house of worship for the Negroes.

Until the new church was completed, both congregations continued to occupy jointly the old house of worship.