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First African Baptist Church (FABC) was organized in 1773 under the leadership of Reverend George Leile. The 1773 organization date for the church makes it clear that FABC is older than the United States (1776). In May of 1775 Rev. Leile was ordained as the pastor and December of 1777 the church was officially constituted as a body of organized ...
A detailed history of First African Baptist Church was published in book format in 1986. The 136-page book, History of the First African Baptist Church 1866-1966 includes copies of 32 official documents of the church and 62 pictures of individuals who were an integral part of the church’s history.
In 1867, Dr. James H. Holmes became the first black pastor of the church. He served for 32 years. Under his pastorate 5,800 persons were baptized, the old church was torn down and the basement of the new church was dedicated in October 1877. On November 26, 1900 a call meeting was held to prepare for the funeral of the first African American ...
First Baptist was formed in 1780 and grew steadily over the next decades, eventually occupying one of the largest structures in the city. Between 1824 and 1841, its congregation grew from 820 to more than 2,000; 1,708 of these members were enslaved or free Black people.1 . First African Baptist Church, 1865, Matthew Brady, photographer (Library ...
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Though it was not formally established until 1788, the origins of the First African Baptist Church date to 1778, when George Liele organized a small congregation of Black Baptists in Savannah. Born into slavery in Virginia in 1750, Liele was later brought to Georgia, where he experienced a profound religious awakening and resolved to lead a life of...
Despite opposition from many in Savannah’s white community, the First African Baptist Church continued to grow in the first decades of the nineteenth century. In 1802 church elders organized another congregation, the Second African Baptist Church, to relieve overcrowding and better accommodate the more than 800 members belonging to the charter cong...
First African retained its prominence from the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries, with its ministers playing important leadership roles in the life of Savannah’s Black community. The Reverend E. K. Love, the church’s sixth minister (1885-1900), was instrumental in the 1890 founding of the Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Y...
In 1822, the First Colored Baptist Church and the Second Colored Baptist Church recombined and became the First African Baptist Church. 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 ...
Tours of First African Baptist Church, given by members of the church, are available Wednesday-Saturday, at 3pm. Adults $15, students/military/seniors (60+) $12, young children (0-5) free. Tour reservations can be made online. More details. A small museum, which you can see as part of the tour, displays memorabilia dating back to the church’s ...
