The Antioch Baptist Church in Mount Meigs, Alabama (an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama ) was founded in 1818 and is the first Baptist church in the county. Originally a rural white church, from 1849 until the Civil War it was a biracial church; since then, the church has moved and has become an African-American church. The old church site now has only a graveyard, the Antioch Cemetery.
7-506: Antioch Baptist Church can refer to: Antioch Baptist Church (Montgomery, Alabama) , the first Baptist church in Montgomery Antioch Baptist Church (Shreveport, Louisiana) , listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Antioch Baptist Church (St. Louis, Missouri) , also NRHP-listed Antioch Baptist Church (Cleveland, Ohio) , influential church, site of
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28-697: The war (and in contrast to what happened in many other congregations) the white members left, leaving a black congregation; Antioch remains a black church. The first black pastor was ordained around 1882. A new church was built in 1919, on the corner of Gibbs Road and Antioch Lane, still in Mount Meigs. The old church no longer stands, and the cemetery, though still in use, is suffering from neglect, with undocumented burials possibly taking place. Many graves are unmarked; others are overgrown or have fallen in. According to FindAGrave.com, there are some 380 graves, with 55 burials performed between 2010 and 2014. The church
35-466: Was a pastor in its early days. By 1839 it had 132 members. Though the church was a white rural church, in 1849 it accepted around forty black members, through baptism, and the next year sixteen more. Around that time the white members left but kept the property, leaving a white pastor (A. T. M. Handy) in charge. Handy ordained seven colored deacons in 1854. Until the Civil War the church was biracial; after
42-448: Was an African-American slave, Caesar Blackwell , who had been bought by the ABA for $ 625 to preach to a mixed (black and white, slave and free) congregation. Blackwell's wife and child were owned by McLemore; apparently, Blackwell was a gifted preacher who could draw a mixed crowd and until 1835 was allowed to keep the income he generated from his preaching. Besides McLemore, Fielding Bradshaw
49-588: Was founded by James McLemore , who also founded the Elam and Bethel Baptist churches in Montgomery county. Antioch's first church building was located on Atlanta Highway, east of Montgomery, on land donated by a Mr. Billy Wright. With the churches of Old Elam (also called Elim), Bethel, and Rehoboth, it formed a coalition which in 1819 founded the Alabama Baptist Association . McLemore's associate preacher
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