First Baptist Church-Augusta, Georgia
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Sprinterman
N 33° 28.390 W 081° 58.000
17S E 410181 N 3704162
This historic Baptist Chruch is where the Southern Baptist Convention was formed.
Waymark Code: WM7BDW
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2009
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From a marker at the church:
First Baptist Church
Begun March 25, 1817, under the leadership of Jesse Green as "The Baptist Praying Society of Augusta." Constituted May 1817 at Richmond County Courthouse. Wm. T. Brantly Sr., was first pastor holding first services in chapel of Richmond Academy which he headed. Lot purchased corner of Green and Jackson Streets; first building dedicated May 6, 1821; remodeled 1847 and razed in 1899 for new building on same site, 1902. Congregation moved to Walton Way at Jackson Rd. new building dedicated 1983. The tablet above was attached to the 1902 building.
The tablet metioned above reads:
1845 1945
On this site May 8, 1845
The Southern Baptist Convention was organized
by 327 delegates from the states of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Kentucky and District of Columbia.
The following officers were elected:
Rev. Wm. B. Johnson of Edgevield, S.C., President
Wilson Lumkin, GA. J.B. Taylor, VA. Vice Presidents
Jessie Hartwell, ALA James C. Crane, VA. Secretaries
The Rev. W.T. Brantly Jr. was pastor of the church.
This tablet was unveiled at the centennial of the convention
Also on the monument:
Southern Baptist Convention
Organized at this site, May 8-12 1845. The Southern Baptist Convention began with 4,126 affiliated churches which reported 351,951 members. By 1963 the convention had expanded into all 50 states. The largest non-Catholic denomination in the United States, the convention's 36,531 affiliated churches in 1983 reported 14,185,451 members, 394,606 baptisms, 7,815,443 enrolled in Sunday School, $3,165,237,965 total gifts, including $529,283,289 to missions. Beginning with two mission boards (home and foreign), the convention now conducts its world wide ministry of missions, education, evangelism, and service through 20 national agencies.
Erected in 1984 by
Executive Committee,SBC
Historical Commission, SBC
First Baptist Church, Augusta
Date Built: 01/01/1902
Age of Church building determined by?: Historical marker
Church Address:
Greene and Eighth Streets
Augusta, GA USA
30901
Service Times: Not listed
Website: Not listed
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