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The Baptist Convention of New York (BCNY) is a group of churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention located in the U.S. state of New York, Northern New Jersey, and Connecticut. [1] The convention is headquartered in East Syracuse, New York. [2] It is made up of 10 Baptist associations as of 2020. [3]
Adam Clayton Powell Sr. Adam Clayton Powell (May 5, 1865 [1] [2] – June 12, 1953) was an American pastor who developed the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York as the largest Protestant congregation in the country, with 10,000 members.
Oberia D. Dempsey (1914 – October 2, 1982) was a Baptist pastor in Harlem, New York City, primarily known for his activism against drug trafficking and addiction.. Born in Roxton, Texas, to a Baptist minister, Dempsey briefly attended Wiley College before joining the Army and being sent to Europe in World War II.
The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is a Baptist Christian denomination established in 1907 as the Northern Baptist Convention, and named the American Baptist Convention from 1950 to 1972. Tracing its history to the First Baptist Church in America (1638) and the Baptist congregational associations which organized the Triennial Convention ...
The Rev. William Parkinson, pastor of the First Baptist Church in the City of New York, baptized the twenty-three year-old Colgate in February 1808, who then became a deacon. [1] In 1811 he moved to Oliver Street Baptist Church. In 1838 he became a member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, to the erection of which he had himself largely contributed.
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Construction starts on Hanson Place Baptist Church, later called Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church. The church was designated a New York City landmark in 1970, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [32] [46] Samuel S. Powell is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1857 to 1860. 1858
Hurricane Baptist Church, Gilbertown, AL, founded in 1816 (Baptist) Canaan Baptist Church, Bessemer, was founded in 1818 (Southern Baptist). Round Island Baptist Church (Athens, Limestone County) was founded in 1817. Old Salem Baptist Church, Monroe County was founded in Nov. 1817 and is still an active church.