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Rev. London Ferrill, the second pastor and a freed slave from Virginia, led the church to acceptance in the Elkhorn Association in 1824. In 31 years of leadership, he increased the congregation to 1,820 members, making it the largest church, black or white, in Kentucky. [5] By 1861, the church had a congregation of 2,223 members. [8]
The Mutter Gottes Historic District or Mother of God Historic District is a 15 acres (6.1 ha) area in Covington, Kentucky including the Mother of God Church which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The historic district included 153 buildings. [1] [2]
First African Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 264-272 E. Short Street in Lexington, Kentucky. The congregation was founded c. 1790 by Peter Durrett and his wife, slaves who came to Kentucky with their master, Rev. Joseph Craig, in 1781 with " The Travelling Church " of Baptists from Spotsylvania, Virginia .
The Union Bethel AME Church in Montana is one of the state’s oldest active churches. While the church building was built in 1917, its congregation began holding regular services as far back as 1890.
Thomas Chapel C.M.E. Church is a historic church on Moscow Avenue in Hickman, Kentucky. It is part of the Christian Methodist Episcopal denomination formed in the South after the American Civil War .
Southeast Christian Church, with its main campus in Middletown and three others in the surrounding region, is, as of 2013, the seventh-largest church in the United States. [3] St. Stephen Church [4] is the 38th largest in the US, [3] and has the largest African American congregation in Kentucky. [5]
Pages in category "Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky" The following 181 pages are in this category, out of 181 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The founding pastor of the Tates Creek Baptist Church, Andrew Tribble, was a friend of Thomas Jefferson and may have helped shape his political philosophy. According to church historian Ratliff, Tribble came to Madison County from Virginia and helped found the church between 1783 and 1785, and organized the church in 1786. Tribble was Tates ...