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In 1636 Roger Williams founded the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. It remains the first and oldest congregation in the United States. The meeting house dates from 1775. Roger Williams and John Clarke, his compatriot in working for religious freedom, are credited with founding the Baptist faith in North America. [5]
Casselton Mennonite Church, Casselton, North Dakota, built as an Episcopal church, was a Mennonite church during 1950-2002, NRHP-listed; Charity Christian Fellowship; College Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana; Eighth Street Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana; Former Reformed Mennonite Church, Williamsville, New York, NRHP-listed
Buies Creek, North Carolina: Baptist State Convention of North Carolina [9] Carson-Newman University: Jefferson City, Tennessee: Tennessee Baptist Convention [10] Cedarville University: Cedarville, Ohio: endorsed by the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio [11] Central Baptist College: Conway, Arkansas: Baptist Missionary Association of America ...
The first to be recognized as a Seventh Day Baptist in the Americas was Stephen Mumford and his wife Anne, who were from the Baptist Church of Tewkesbury and observed the Sabbath. The Mumfords emigrated to the American colonies in 1664, but little is known about their lives in England. [2] Newport's Old Seventh Day Baptist Church on 1730 Barney ...
After conversion to Baptist views on the doctrine of baptism, Backus and others formed a Baptist congregation in 1756. Backus was very active in the fight for religious liberty in America. The Separate Baptists of New England were never truly a separate group from the Regular Baptists. It would remain for the Separate Baptists in the South to ...
Oct. 5—HIGH POINT — First Baptist Church of High Point plans to move from its longtime location and sell its downtown property. David Williams, church moderator, said the congregation voted ...
The Bruderhof (/ ˈ b r uː d ər ˌ h ɔː f /; German for 'place of brothers') is a communal Anabaptist Christian movement that was founded in Germany in 1920 by Eberhard Arnold.The movement has communities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Paraguay, and Australia.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.