Marcy Avenue Baptist Church records 1872-1958

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Marcy Avenue Baptist Church records 1872-1958

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This collection contains the administrative and organizational records of the Marcy Avenue Baptist Church, which began as an outgrowth of the Washington Avenue Baptist Church. The Church, located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, was formed in 1872 and disbanned in 1939, after which its building became home to the Concord Baptist Church of Christ. The church experienced rapid growth and underwent several expansions in the 1870s and 1880s. By 1900, Marcy Avenue Baptist Church was the largest Baptist church in Brooklyn. Materials in the collection include membership rolls, registers, and marriage stubs, as well as Deacons reports, Ladies Aid Society reports, Sunday School Superintendent reports, Benevolent Society reports, reports of the Board of Trustees, and general Church statistics.

3.0 Linear feet; in two record cartons and three loose scrapbooks.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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Marcy Avenue Baptist Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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The Marcy Avenue Baptist Church came about as an expansion of the Washington Avenue Baptist Church. Its original location at Marcy Avenue and Monroe Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn formerly belonged to the Central Congregational Church, which was purchased in June of 1872 by the Trustees of the Washington Avenue Baptist Church, after which it functioned as a Sunday school. In September of 1872, preaching services were begun at the Marcy Avenue building. The...