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The church's organ, the work of Ernest M. Skinner, was installed in 1922. [4] By 1947, the congregation was using the name "First" Baptist Church to distinguish itself from other Baptist congregations in the city. It is one of the few Southern churches to have remained open through the entirety of the American Civil War.
The church organized the first Sunday School for African Americans (endorsed by the Independent Presbyterian Church) on July 26, 1826. By 1830 under Marshall, the congregation of First African Baptist Church had grown to 2,417 members. [4] In 1832, the congregation had a serious split over doctrinal issues that took years to resolve.
The institute fell under the auspices of the Colored Educational Association of Savannah, itself an offspring of the American Missionary Society of New York. [1] [3] The original Beach Institute building, erected in 1867 as its first school, still stands at 502 East Harris Street (now the Beach Institute African American Cultural Center). [1]
Last fall, when the Rev. Dr. Kyle Reese accepted the position as interim senior pastor at First Baptist Church, Savannah, he figured it would a temporary job.
Before the Civil War, and its aftermath, First Bryan's pastor and several church members played integral roles in the emancipation of blacks in Savannah. James Merilus Simms, a trustee and ordained minister of First Bryan, went to Richmond, Virginia in 1862 and returned to Savannah with the preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to share with Savannah's black leadership and population.
First Baptist Church (Augusta, Georgia), a former Baptist church and historic site listed on the NRHP in Richmond County; First Baptist Church (Columbus, Georgia), part of Church Square which is listed on the NRHP in Muscogee County; First Baptist Church (Panama City, Florida), megachurch in Bay County; First Baptist Church (Savannah, Georgia)
Savannah Presbytery, Inc. has sold the 13.72-acre Christ Presbyterian Church campus on Quacco Road to Pooler One Investments LLC for $2.425 million. Pooler One is a limited liability commercial ...
Under his initiative, his church created the first Sunday school for black children in America at the now Historic First Bryan Baptist Church in Savannah, GA. [ citation needed ] Following an earlier British model, Mason embarked on producing a hymnal whose tunes would be drawn from the work of European classical composers, such as Haydn ...