First Baptist Church (Jackson, Michigan)
First Baptist Church may refer to: Canada *First Baptist Church (Toronto), Ontario *First Baptist Church (Ottawa), Ontario * First Baptist Church (Halifax), Nova Scotia, involved in the founding of Acadia University United States Alabama *First Baptist Church (Bay Minette, Alabama), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Baldwin County *First Baptist Church, East Thomas, listed on the NRHP in Birmingham * Gardendale First Baptist Church (Gardendale, Alabama), a Southern Baptist megachurch in Gardendale * First Baptist Church (Greenville, Alabama), listed on the NRHP in Butler County *First Baptist Church (Huntsville, Alabama), a Baptist church on the NRHP in Alabama *First Baptist Church (Jasper, Alabama), a Southern Baptist church in Jasper * First Baptist Church, Kingston, listed on the NRHP in Birmingham *First Baptist Church (Montgomery, Alabama), also known as the Brick-A-Day Church *First Baptist Church (South Perry Street, Montgomery, Alabama), a Baptist ch ...
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First Baptist Church (Toronto)
First Baptist Church is a Baptist in Toronto, Ontario, affiliated with Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec. It is both the first Baptist congregation in Toronto and the oldest black institution in the city. Formed by fugitive enslaved persons, the church played a large role in the abolitionist movement, including hosting lectures against slavery and offering aid to fugitives. In its long history, the church's location has changed multiple times. Today it holds service at 101 Huron Street. History The church was formed by 12 fugitive enslaved persons in 1826, under the leadership of Elder Washington Christian. Reverend Christian was a former enslaved individual who established multiple Baptist churches in Canada. It had not been possible to attend existing white churches because the fugitives were required to have a letter from their old church and to pay their old slave masters for the money lost due to their escape. At first, services were held outside or in the homes ...
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