Churches

Churches referenced on this website:

 

The listing will be updated throughout the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. References to the churches below can be accessed using this site’s search function. Some churches listed below may not yet be visible due to the reference point being beyond the present date, and the need of the author to include the church in the list at the point of creating the entry.

Alabama

Cedar Bluff Baptist Church
Clear Creek Missionary Baptist Church (Covington County)
Dogwood Grove Baptist Church
First Colored Baptist Church, Selma (Dallas County)
Friendship Baptist Church (Jackson County)
Gadsden First Baptist Church
Grove Hill Baptist Church
Liberty Grove Baptist Church (Winston County)
Little River Baptist Church, Mentone
Montgomery First Baptist Church
Mount Pisgah Baptist Church (Choctaw County)
Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church (Jackson County)
New Hope Baptist Church (Winston)
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church (Covington County)
Poplar Spring Baptist Church (Coosa County)
Post Oak Spring Baptist Church (Calhoun County)
St. Francis Street Baptist Church (Mobile)
Selma Baptist Church
Siloam Baptist (Marion)
State Street Baptist Church (Mobile)
Talladega Baptist Church
Tallaseehatchie Baptist Church (Talladega County)
Town Creek Baptist Church
Tuscaloosa First Baptist Church
Tuskegee First Baptist Church
Zions Rest Baptist Church (Primitive)

Arkansas

First Baptist Church, Helena
Little Rock First Baptist Church
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, African American (Chicot County)
Philippi Missionary Baptist Church (Hot Spring County)

California

Mt. Olivet Baptist Church (Colored), San Fransisco
Nevada City First Baptist Church
Sacramento First Baptist Church
San Bernardino First Baptist Church
San Diego First Baptist Church
San Francisco First Baptist Church
San Jose First Baptist Church
Santa Clara First Baptist Church
Santa Anna Baptist Church

Colorado

Denver, First Baptist Church
Golden, First Baptist Church

Connecticut

First Baptist Church, Hartford
First Baptist Church, New Haven
Middletown Baptist Church
North Lyme Baptist Church (New London County)
South Baptist Church, Hartford
Stamford Baptist Church

Delaware

Delaware Avenue Baptist Church, Wilmington
Second Baptist Church, Wilmington

Florida

Baptist Church of Christ at Peas Creek
Bethel Baptist Church, Jacksonsville
Damascus Baptist Church, Graceville
First Baptist Church, Fernandina
First Baptist Church, Jacksonville
Suwannee Station Baptist Church

Georgia

Americus, First Baptist Church
Antioch Baptist Church (Fayette County)
Antioch Baptist Church (Taylor County)
Augusta, First Baptist Church
Bark Camp Baptist Church, Midville
Bethel Baptist Church (Jasper County)
Bethesda Baptist Church (Greene County)
Bethesda Baptist Church (Harris County)
Big Buckhead Baptist Church (Jenkins County)
Brunswick, First African Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church, African American (Madison)
Cedar Creek Baptist Church (Floyd County)
Columbus, First Baptist Church
County Line Baptist Church (Talbot County)
Dalton, First Baptist Church
Darien, African Baptist Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church, African (Greene County)
Evergreen Baptist Church (Tattnall County)
Falling Creek Baptist Church (Elbert County)
First Bryan Baptist Church, Savannah (African)
Flagg Baptist Church, African American (Baldwin County)
Forsyth, First Baptist Church
Friendship Baptist Church (Floyd County)
Gilgal (Primitive) Baptist Church (Cobb County)
Green Street Baptist Church, Augusta
Greensboro, First Baptist Church (Greene County)
Hamilton Baptist Church (Harris County)
High Bluff Primitive Baptist Church (Wayne County)
Lafayette Baptist Church
LaGrange, First Baptist Church
Lawrenceville Baptist Church (Gwinnett County)
Liberty Baptist Church (Gordon County)
Liberty Baptist Church (Wilkinson County)
Liberty Hill Baptist Church (Henry County)
Little Memorial Baptist Church, Browntown
Little Ogeechee Baptist Church (Screven County)
Macedonia Baptist Church
Macon, First Baptist Church of Christ
Madison Baptist Church (Morgan County)
Maloney’s Spring Baptist Church
Milledgeville, First Baptist Church
Millstone Baptist Church (Olgethorpe County)
Mt. Zion Baptist Church (Talbot County)
Nail’s Creek Baptist Church
Nance Creek Baptist Church, Primitive (Fayette County)
New Bethel Baptist Church (Washington County)
New Hope Primitive Baptist Church (Wayne County)
New Salem Baptist Church
Oothcaloga Baptist Church (Cass County)
Peachtree Baptist Church
Penfield Baptist (Greene County)
Poplar Springs North Baptist Church (Laurens County)
Raccoon Creek Baptist Church, Cartersville
Rockmart Baptist Church (Polk County)
Rockmark, First Baptist Church (Polk County)
Salem Primitive Baptist Church (Cook County)
Sandy Creek Baptist Church (Morgan County)
Sandy Springs, First Baptist Church
Savannah, First Baptist Church
Second Baptist Church Atlanta
Second Street Baptist Church, African American, Macon
Shiloah Baptist Church (Monroe County)
Shiloh Baptist (Greene County)
Shiloh Baptist Church (Marion County)
Siloam Baptist Church (Greene County)
Springfield Baptist Church, African (Greene County)
Stone Creek Baptist Church (Twiggs County
Sunbury Baptist Church (Liberty County)
Symrna Primitive Baptist Church (Monroe County)
Temple Baptist Church (Fulton County)
Traveller’s Rest Baptist Church (Macon County)
Union Baptist Church (Spalding County)
Union Baptist Church (Wayne County)
Utoy Primitive Baptist Church (Fulton County)
Van Wert Baptist Church (Paulding County)

Illinois

Canton Baptist Church
Chicago, First Baptist Church
Colored Baptist Church, Springfield
East St. Louis, First Colored Baptist Church
Macedonia Baptist Church, East St. Louis
Marion, First Baptist Church
Mattoon, First Baptist Church
Minonk Baptist Church, Minonk
Mount Pisgah Baptist Church
Olivet Baptist Church, African American, Chicago
Original Providence Baptist Church, Chicago
Pinckneyville, First Baptist Church
Providence Baptist Church, Chicago
Otter Creek Church, Regular Baptist (Macoupin County)
Pavilion Baptist Church, Kendall Township
Peoria, First Baptist Church
Providence Baptist Church, Chicago
Wabash Avenue Baptist Church, Chicago

Indiana

Coffee Creek Baptist Church
First Baptist Church, Ellettsville
First Baptist Church, Indianapolis
First Baptist Church, Muncie
First Baptist Church, Vincennes
Liberty Baptist Church, African American (Evansville)
Marion Baptist Church
Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, Bloomington
Southport Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church (Grant County)

Iowa

Baptist Council Bluffs Church, Primitive (Pottawattamie County)
First Baptist Church, Des Moines
First Baptist Church, Sioux City

Kansas

First Baptist Church, Leavenworth
First Colored Baptist Church, Leavenworth
Oak Grove Baptist Church

Kentucky

Beargrass Baptist Church (African American), Louisville
Beechland Baptist Church, Louisville
Bethel Baptist Church (Fairview)
Bloomfield Baptist Church
Brandenburg Baptist Church
Buck Creek Baptist Church
Burk’s Branch Baptist Church
Clay Village Baptist Church
Colored Baptist Church, Shelbyville
Crab Orchard Baptist Church, Somerset
Danville Baptist Church
Dry Creek Baptist Church
East Baptist Church, Louisville
Elk Creek Baptist Church
Fifth Street Baptist Church, Louisville (African)
First Baptist Church, Frankfort
First Baptist Church, Nicholasville (African)
First Baptist Church, Somerset
First Baptist Church, Williamsburg
First Baptist Church, Winchester
First Colored Baptist Church, Covington
First Colored Baptist Church, Georgetown
Flagspring Baptist Church
Florence Baptist Church
Floyd’s Fork Baptist Church
German Baptist Church, Louisville
Glasgow Baptist Church
Green River Baptist Church (Hart County)
Green Street Colored Baptist Church, Louisville
Jefferson Street Baptist Church, Louisville
Jeffersonville Baptist Church
Kings Baptist Church
Knob Creek Baptist Church
Lexington, First Baptist Church
Lexington, First African Baptist Church
Little Flock Baptist Church
Little Mount Baptist Church
Long Run Baptist Church
Louisville, First Baptist Colored
May’s Lick Baptist Church (Mason County)
Mount Sterling Baptist Church
Oak Ridge Baptist Church (Kenton County)
Old Cane Springs Baptist Church (Madison County)
Plum Creek Baptist Church
Portland Baptist Church, Louisville
Sardis Baptist Church (Union)
Second Baptist Church, African (Mason County)
Shady Grove General Baptist Church (Poole)
Shelbyville Baptist Church
Shepherdsville Baptist Church, Shepherdsville
Simpsonville Baptist Church
South Benson Baptist Church (Franklin County)
South Fork Baptist Church, Hodgenville
Stamping Ground Baptist Church (Scott County)
Stamping Ground Baptist Church, African (Scott County)
Taylorsville Baptist Church
Utility Baptist Church (Hancock County)
Union Baptist Church (Hancock County)
Waco Baptist Church (Madison County)
Walnut Street Baptist Church, Louisville
Washington Street Baptist Church, African, Paducah
West Point Baptist Church

Louisiana

Coliseum Baptist Church, New Orleans
First Baptist Church, Clinton
First Baptist Church, Jackson
Mansfield Baptist Church
Mt. Nebo Baptist Church (LaSalle Parish)
Red River Baptist Church, Benton
Saint Matthews Missionary Baptist Church (African American), Athens

Maine

First Baptist Church, Augusta
First Baptist Church, West Gardiner
Free Street Baptist Church, Portland

Maryland

Fourth Baptist Church, Baltimore
Lee Street Baptist Church, Baltimore
Seventh Baptist Church, Baltimore

Massachusetts

Baldwin Place Baptist Church (Boston)
Cambridge Baptist Church
Cape Island Baptist Church
Cape May Baptist Church
Charles Street Baptist Church (Boston)
Clarendon Street Baptist Church (Boston)
First Baptist Church, Boston
First Baptist Church, Canton
First Baptist Church, Haverhill
First Baptist Church, North Adams
First Baptist Church, Reading
First Baptist Church, Springfield
First Baptist Church, Springhill
First Baptist Church, Stoughton (Avon)
First Baptist Church, Webster
First Baptist Church, Worcester
Holyoke Baptist Church
Holyoke Second Baptist Church
Jamaica Plain Baptist Church (Boston)
Old Cambridge Baptist
Pittsfield Baptist Church
Rockport Baptist Church
Ruggles Baptist Church, Boston
Second Baptist Church, New Bedford
Second Baptist Church, Worcester
Shawmut Baptist Church, Boston
Stoughton Street Baptist Church (Boston)
Third Baptist Church (Wyoma)
Tremont Baptist Church (Boston)
Twelfth Baptist Church (Boston)
Union Baptist Church, African American (New Bedford)
Winchendon Baptist Church

Michigan

Alma Baptist Church
Climax Baptist Church
First Baptist Church, Grand Rapids
Second Baptist Church (Colored), Detroit

Minnesota

First Baptist Church, Rochester
First Baptist Church, St. Paul
Pilgrim Baptist Church, St. Paul (African American)

Mississippi

Antioch Baptist Church (Warren County)
Cherry Creek Baptist Church
Concord Baptist Church (Yazoo County)
East Fork Baptist Church (Amite County)
First Baptist Church, Columbus
First Colored Baptist Church, Warrensburg
Galilee Baptist Church (Amite County)
Mount Zion Baptist Church (Copiah County)
Oxford Baptist Church
Palestine Baptist Church
Pierce’s Creek Baptist Church
Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church
Raymond Baptist Church
Rose Hill Baptist Church, Natchez (African American)
Smyrna Baptist Church (Pike County)
Tidewater Baptist Church, Ocean Springs
Wall Street Baptist Church, Natchez

Missouri

Boonville Baptist Church
Farmington, First Baptist Church
Kansas City, Second Baptist Church (African)
Kearney, First Baptist Church
Old Colony Baptist Church, Farmington
Mt. Comfort Baptist Church (Lawrence)
Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Kearney
New Hope Baptist Church (Clay County)
New Prospect Baptist Church (Greene County)
St. Louis, Second Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church (Cass County)
Union Baptist Church (Greene County)
Wright City Baptist Church

Nevada

First Baptist Church, Virginia City (African)

New Hampshire

First Baptist Church, Seabrook
First Free Baptist Church, Manchester
Hightstown Baptist Church
Keene Baptist Church (Cheshire County)
Penacook Baptist Church

New Jersey

Calvary Baptist Church, Oceanview
Hopewell Baptist Church
Jersey City Baptist Church
Linden Baptist Church, Camden

New York

Abyssinian Baptist Church, Manhattan, African Americans
Amity Baptist Church, New York City
Antioch Baptist Church, New York City
Berean Baptist Church
Bloomingdale Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church, New York City
Churchville Baptist Church (Monroe County)
Delphi Baptist Church (Onondaga County)
Fifth Baptist Church, New York City
First Baptist Church, Auburn
First Baptist Church, Canadigua
First Baptist Church, Elmira
First Baptist Church, Greenpoint (Long Island)
First Baptist Church, Harlem (New York City)
First Baptist Church, Hapersfield
First Baptist Church, Massena
First Baptist Church, New York City
First Baptist Church, Poughkeepsie
First Baptist Church, Setauket and Port Jefferson
First Baptist Church, Stamford
First Baptist Church of Verona (Sabbath Baptist)
Halfmoon Baptist Church
Hancock Baptist Church
Hanson Place Baptist Church, Brooklyn
Laight Street Baptist Church, New York City
Lima Baptist Church
Martindale Baptist Church
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
New York Baptist Tabernacle, New York City
Perry Baptist Church
Randolph Baptist Church (Cattaraugus County)
Richburg Seventh Day Baptist Church
Saratoga Baptist Church
Saratoga Springs Baptist Church
Second Free Will Baptist Church, Oneonta
Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Brooklyn
South Baptist Church, New York City
Tabernacle Baptist Church, New York City
Twelfth Baptist Church, New York City
Union Baptist Church, Brooklyn (formerly FBC Greenpoint)
Warburton Avenue Baptist Church, Yonkers
Westfield Baptist Church
Whitehall Baptist Church

North Carolina

Baptist Church at Chapel Hill
Bakersville Baptist Church
Bear Creek Baptist Church (Davie County)
Beaver Island Baptist Church
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Bethlehem Baptist Church (Hertford County)
Capernaum Baptist Church (Cleveland County)
Cartledge Creek Baptist Church (Richmond County)
Crab Creek Baptist Church, Hendersonville
Dixonville Baptist Church, Salisbury (African American)
Fishing Creek Baptist Church (Alexander County)
First African Baptist Church, Wilmington
First Baptist Church, Chapel Hill (African American)
First Baptist Church, Franklin
First Baptist Church, New Bern
First Baptist Church, Raleigh
First Baptist Church, Wilmington
Hillsborough First Baptist Church
Hogan’s Creek Baptist Church
Kenansville Baptist Church
Lebanon Grove Baptist Missionary Work, Gatesville
Liberty Grove Baptist Church (Alexander County)
Meadow Branch Baptist Church
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Seaboard (Northampton County)
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Apex
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Durham
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church (Ward and Chatham counties)
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
Mount Page Baptist Church (Henderson County)
Mount Zion Baptist Church, Salisbury (African American)
North Catawba Baptist Church, Lenoir
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church (Wilkes County)
Pleasant Plains Baptist Church (African American)
Pleasant Union Baptist Church
Reddie’s River Baptist Church (Wilkes County)
Raleigh First Baptist Church
Red Banks Primitive Baptist Church, Greenville
Reeds Point Baptist Church
Rive’s Chapel
Rocky River Baptist Church, Chatham County
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (New York City)
South Baptist Church (New York City)
Stony Branch Missionary Baptist Church (African American)
Thomasville Baptist Church
Wilmington First Baptist Church

Ohio

First Baptist Church, Canton
First Baptist Church, Chillicothe
First Baptist Church, Cleveland
First Baptist Church, Cumminsville (African-American)
Market Street Baptist Church, Zanesville
Providence Baptist Church (Gallia County)
Union Baptist Cemetery, African American (Cincinnati)
Walnut Hills Baptist Church, Cincinnati (African-American)
Zion Baptist Church, Cincinnati (African-American)

Oklahoma (Indian Territory)

Delaware Baptist Church

Oregon

First Baptist Church, Portland

Pennsylvania

Berean Baptist Church, Philadelphia
Calvary Baptist Church, Philadelphia
Dover (German) Baptist Church (York County)
First African Baptist Church, Philadelphia
First Baptist Church, Philadelphia
First Baptist Church, Pittsburgh
First Baptist Church, Ridleyville
First Baptist Church, West Chester
First Baptist Church, York
Lower Merion Baptist Church, Bryn Mawr
Mount Pleasant Community Baptist Church
New Bethlehem Baptist Church
Nicetown Baptist Church, Philadelphia
North Broad Street Baptist Church, Philadelphia
Pleasant Grove Regular Baptist Church (Washington County)
Shiloh Baptist Church, Philadelphia
Solebury Baptist Church (Bucks County)
Tabernacle Baptist Church, Philadelphia
Temple (German) Baptist Church, Pittsburgh
Vincent (German) Baptist Church (Chester County)

Rhode Island

East Greenwich Baptist Church
Pawtucket, First Baptist Church
Providence, First Baptist Church
Warren, First Baptist Church

South Carolina

Abner Baptist Church (Spartanburg County)
Adam Street Baptist Church, St. Helena Island (African)
Aiken, First Baptist Church
Barnwell Baptist Church
The Baptist Church at Beaufort
Beaufort, First African Baptist Church
Beaufort, First Baptist Church
Beaufort, Tabernacle Baptist Church (African)
Big Creek Baptist Church
Brick Baptist Church, St. Helena Island (African)
Charleston, First Baptist Church
Chesterville Baptist Church
Citadel Square Baptist Church, Charleston
Columbia, First Baptist Church
Ebenezer Baptist Church, St. Helena Island (African)
Edisto, First Baptist Church (African American)
Elizabeth Baptist Church, Chesterfield County
Euhaw Baptist Church, Grahamville
Flack Rock Baptist Church
First African Baptist, St. Helena Island (African)
Florence Baptist Church, Pelion
Gilead Baptist Church
Greenville, First Baptist Church
Inman, First Baptist Church
Holly Springs Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Cope/Bolentown
Mike’s Creek Missionary Baptist Church (African)
Morris Street Baptist Church, Charleston (African)
Orangeburg, First Baptist Church
Pike Creek Baptist Church, Lawtonville
Robertville Baptist Church
Sauldam Baptist Church, Ravenel
Spartanburg, First Baptist Church
Unity Baptist Church (Spartanburg County)
Walnut Grove Baptist Church, Abbeville
Wentworth Baptist Church, Charleston

Tennessee

Beale Street Baptist Church, Memphis (African)
Beards Chapel Baptist Church, Robertson County (African)
Cedar Fork Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church, Nashville
First Baptist Church, Daisy
First Baptist Church, East Nashville (African)
First Baptist Church, Edgeville (African)
First Baptist Church, Knoxville
First Baptist Church, Memphis
First Baptist Church, Mountain City
First Baptist Church, Nashville
First Baptist Church Capitol Hill, Nashville (African)
First Baptist Church, Shelbyville
First Colored Baptist Mission, Nashville
Gray’s Creek Missionary Baptist Church, Eads (African)
Harpeth Baptist Church (Primitive)
Mowbray Baptist Church
Murfreesboro Baptist Church
Nelson Merry’s Baptist Church (Nashville)
Prospect Baptist Church (Loudon County)
Second Colored Baptist Mission, Nashville
Second Street Baptist Church, Memphis
Shiloh Baptist Church
Spring Street Baptist Church, Nashville
Spruce Street Baptist Church, African American, Nashville
Triune Baptist Church (Williamson County)
Union Baptist Church (Loudon County)
Union Baptist Church, Soddy
Winchester Baptist Church (Missionary)

Texas

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Houston (African American)
Bethany Church (Tyler County)
Cedar Grove Baptist Church, African American (Satin Falls County)
Corsicana Baptist Church (Navarro County)
Denton Baptist Church
Ebenezer (German) Baptist Church, Burton
First Baptist Church, Austin
First Baptist Church, Independence
Indian Creek Baptist Church (Smith County)
Indian Spring Baptist Church (Smith County)
Lonesome Dove Baptist Church
Mount Pisgah Baptist Church (African American), Dallas
Old Cana Baptist Church
Pilgrim Predestinarian Regular Baptist Church of Jesus, Elkhart
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Klein (African American)
Plantersville Baptist Church, Stoneham
Pleasant Run Baptist Church
Waco Baptist Church

Vermont

First Baptist Church, Burlington

Virginia

Adiel Baptist Church (Nelson County)
Ashland Baptist Church
Atlantic Baptist Church
Alexandria, Alfred Street Baptist Church (African American)
Alexandria Baptist Church
Alexandria, First Baptist Church
Alexandria, Shiloh Baptist Church (African American)
Arlington, Mount Zion Baptist Church (African American)
Arlington, Mount Zion Baptist Church (African American)
Bethesda Baptist Church
Bethlehem Baptist Church, Caroline (African American)
Bethlehem Baptist Church, Fredericksburg (African American)
Big Stony Creek Baptist Church (Giles County)
Bute Street Baptist Church, Norfolk (African American)
Catharine Street Baptist Church, Norfolk (African American)
Charlottesville Baptist Church
Chatham Baptist Church
Culpeper Baptist Church (Culpeper County)
Cumberland Baptist Church, Norfolk
Court Street Baptist Church, Portsmouth
Danville, First Baptist Church
Denbigh, First Baptist Church (African)
Divine Baptist Church, Portsmouth (African)
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Portsmouth (African)
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Richmond (African)
Enon Baptist Church (Chesterfield County)
Falls Church Baptist Church (Fairfax County)
First Baptist Church Charlottesville, West Main Street (African American)
First Colored Baptist Church, Charlottesville (African American)

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