First Baptist Church in America
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The First Baptist Church in America is a historic congregation in Providence, Rhode Island, widely recognized as the oldest Baptist church in the United States and noted for its prominent 18th-century meetinghouse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Baptist Church in America canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baptist church
ⓘ
church building ⓘ historic church ⓘ religious organization ⓘ |
| affiliation | American Baptist Churches USA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect | Joseph Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Colonial
ⓘ
Georgian ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Brown University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
principle of separation of church and state ⓘ |
| builder | Joseph Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtIn | 1774–1775 ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1775 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| denomination | Baptist ⓘ |
| foundedBy | religious dissenters from Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1638 ⓘ |
| foundedInCity | Providence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInColony | Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Roger Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
First Baptist Church of Providence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
First Baptist Meetinghouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBuilding | First Baptist Church in America meetinghouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Baptist churches in Rhode Island
ⓘ
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClergyRole | pastor ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bell tower
ⓘ
large auditorium ⓘ steeple ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.firstbaptistchurchinamerica.org/ ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| heritageDesignationDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorship | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
College Hill, Providence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
18th-century meetinghouse
ⓘ
religious liberty history ⓘ role in early Baptist movement in America ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | oldest Baptist church in the United States ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 75 North Main Street, Providence, Rhode Island ⓘ |
| tradition | Free church tradition ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Brown University commencement ceremonies
ⓘ
worship services ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.