First Baptist Church (Durham, North Carolina)
| First Baptist Church | |
|---|---|
.jpg) First Baptist Church in 2019 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Southern Baptist |
| Leadership | Rev. Andy Davis |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 414 Cleveland Street Durham, North Carolina, United States |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Reuben H. Hunt |
| Type | Neoclassical Revival |
| Completed | 1927 |
| Website | |
| fbcdurham.org | |
First Baptist Church, also known as FBC Durham, is a historic Southern Baptist church in Durham, North Carolina. The congregation, formed in 1845, was the first established church in Durham.
History
[edit]First Baptist Church was founded in 1845 as the Rose of Sharon Baptist Church, the first church in Durham, North Carolina.[1] They held services at Piney Grove schoolhouse located one mile south of West Durham.[1]
The congregation moved to Pettigrew Street in 1850.[1] In 1876, Dr. Columbus Durham was appointed as the full-time pastor and the church changed its name to Durham Baptist, as another congregation in northern Durham had taken the name Rose of Sharon.[1] In 1878, the church purchased a lot on Mangum Street in Durham's downtown and began constructing a new building.[1] Following the establishment of Blackwell Baptist Church on West Chapel Hill Street in the 1880s, the Durham Baptist congregation was renamed First Baptist Church.[1]
In 1927, First Baptist built a new, larger building on Cleveland Street, which is the current church building.[1] The new Neoclassical building was designed by the architect Reuben H. Hunt.[2][3]
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First Baptist is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention.[4]
In 1998, Rev. Andy Davis, a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,[5] was appointed pastor of First Baptist.[6] In 2001, deacons and church committee chairs tried to remove Davis for preaching conservative theology regarding gender roles and authority, but they were unsuccessful.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "First Baptist Church (1878-1927) | Open Durham". www.opendurham.org.
- ^ "Hunt, Reuben H. (1862-1938)". ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "First Baptist Church (1927 - ) | Open Durham". www.opendurham.org.
- ^ "Danger: Implement change with care, FBC Durham pastor says". The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
- ^ "Andy Davis and First Baptist Durham: I Wonder If Wormwood Grinned?".
- ^ a b Apuela, Freddy Sinarahua (March 27, 2017). "The Reformation of FBC Durham — Spring 2017 Southern Seminary Magazine". Southern Equip.