Who started the first black church?
The slaves Peter Durrett and his wife founded the First African Church (now known as First African Baptist Church) in Lexington, Kentucky about 1790. The church’s trustees purchased its first property in 1815. The congregation numbered about 290 by the time of Durrett’s death in 1823.
What is the name of a black church?
Today “the black church” is widely understood to include the following seven major black Protestant denominations: the National Baptist Convention, the National Baptist Convention of America, the Progressive National Convention, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, the …
Who was the first African American pastor?
John Marrant (June 15, 1755 – April 15, 1791) was one of the first African-American preachers and missionaries in North America. Born free in New York City, he moved as a child with his family to Charleston, South Carolina.
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