Ordained in the eastern part of North Carolina, he served as the rector of St. Paul's in Clinton for roughly a year, during which time he assisted the future congregants of Good Shepherd in establishing their new parish.

[7][8] By the spring of that year, a site at the corner of Hillsborough and McDowell streets was purchased, and construction of the first church building began on September 24, 1874.

[8] On Easter Day, March 28, 1875, the congregation held its first service at the church's new location in the building designed by Johannes Adam Simon Oertel, now referred to as All Saints Chapel.

Dr. Isaac McKendree Pittenger, D. D. from Long Island to visit Raleigh for the winter and conduct pastoral care work.

Pittenger quickly became an outspoken supporter of the call for the construction of a new sanctuary, envisioning a massive stone building that would stand above the growing city.

Joseph Blount Cheshire became the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina, and began frequenting the church upon moving to Raleigh.

On September 23, 1894, Bishop Cheshire declared the Church of the Good Shepherd the Pro-cathedral of the diocese and named Rev.

[15] However, it is believed that at the diocesan convention, the Bishop was not able to garner enough support from the delegates to name Good Shepherd as the permanent cathedral, and the church therefore abandoned the Pro-cathedral title by late 1895.

Pittenger made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he chose a block of marble quarried near Jerusalem to serve as the cornerstone for a new and larger church building in Raleigh.

[14][19] On March 8, 1897, the parish's vestry moved to solidify plans to construct a new building, which at the time was to serve as a memorial to the recently deceased Bishop Lyman.

[20] The cornerstone was laid on All Saints' Day, November 1, 1899, to a crowd of church members, government officials and academic presidents.

Over the years, several buildings were constructed on the church's property to house parish activities including classrooms, choir rooms, and offices.

In 2006, All Saints Chapel was sold to Empire Properties, and all other buildings were demolished to provide additional space for a new Parish Life Center, which was completed in 2004.

[26][27][28] The chapel was transported roughly half a mile to its current location along Raleigh's East Street, just west of the Historic Oakwood neighborhood.

Edward Robbins Rich, the parish's first rector, felt that Raleigh was in need of a religious organization that could help establish opportunities for public education, encourage the expansion of music, and promote the health of the community.

At the urging of Battle and Hines, the guild rented a house on South Wilmington Street to serve as the first home of the hospital while funds were being acquired for a more permanent building.

In 1880, the guild defended its practice of admitting dying black men to the hospital at a time when segregation was rampant in the Reconstruction-era South.

Shepherd's Table was transitioned to a 501(c)(3) organization, with church members continuing to volunteer and make up the 15-member board of directors.

[47] The upper collection of the windows show figures from both the Old and New Testaments, including the Apostles, the Prophets, and a variety of other significant persons.

The lower collection of windows feature important moments from the life of Christ in chronological order, beginning with the Annunciation and ending with the Ascension.

All the windows are photographed in the 1998 book "A Vision Realized - Stories in Stained Glass of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd".

[50]The parish conducts a wide variety of Christian Formation activities including educational programming for children, youth, and adults on Sunday mornings from Fall through Spring, as well as weekly Bible studies which are traditionally held on weekdays.