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St. John Lodge #48 was started and organized in 1949. The lodge was developed
under the Modern Supreme Council, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Incorporated.
St. John Lodge #48 was the second oldest black Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
Incorporated in North Carolina. In 1959, the lodge changed its name to St. John Lodge
#11B and moved to a new organization called Calvary Grand Council Ancient &
Accepted Scottish Rite. From 1959 until 1977, the lodge was run and operated as St.
John Lodge #11B. This lodge changed its name in 1977 to St. John Lodge #778 when
it came under the National Supreme Council Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite. National
Supreme Council was the oldest black Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in America at
that time. In 2004, St. John Lodge #778 left National Supreme Council and went to
United National Supreme Council Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite changed its
name to St. John Lodge #204. The United National Supreme Council was formed in 1980 by the
late Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander Illustrious, Wendell Daniels, and the
current Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander Illustrious, James E.
Smith. Both Daniels and Smith were former members of Calvary Grand Council and
Modern Free Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. In 2006, St. John Lodge #204
departed from United National Supreme Council and joined Mount Luxor Supreme
Council Ancient and Accepted Afro-American Rite. Thirteen members from St. Lodge
#204 received their 33rd degrees, which were bestowed to them by Most Puissant
Sovereign Grand Commander Robert Thompson 33rd. The name of St. John Lodge
#204 was then changed to St. John Lodge #1. Finally, in 2007, St. John Lodge #1
departed Mount Luxor Supreme Council and returned to United National Supreme
Council. Upon this return, St. John Lodge #1 changed its name back to St. John Lodge
#204, and the name remains the same until this day. Shortly after members separate
from the lodge due to living arrangements, of which they travel over an hour to get to the
current lodge, formed two new lodges named Gabriel Lodge #115 located in
Greensboro, NC, and Mt. Zion #777 in Charlotte, NC. Now under the new jurisdiction of
the United Grand Lodge of North Carolina AF & AM, working with S.O.G.L.I.A (Society
Of Grand Lodges In Alliances). 12 years later, in August 2024, 6 members of Gabriel
Lodge #115 branched out to open a new lodge in a new area in Burlington, NC called
Habakkuk Lodge # 777 in hopes to prosper and be fruitful to the organization. Shortly
after Habakkuk # 777 was opened, a new member was added to the lodge, and in
December 2024, 5 of the now 7 members branched out and opened a new lodge called
Malachi Lodge #23 located in Elon, NC. The story of Malachi Lodge #23 is still being told!