The Oldest Baptist Churches in America
1. First Baptist Church of Providence, Rhode Island, (1639)(website)
2. First Baptist Church of Newport, Rhode Island (1644) (website)
3. Second Baptist Church of Newport, Rhode Island, (1656) (website)
4. First Baptist Church of Swansea, Massachusetts, (1663) (website)
5. First Baptist Church of Boston, Massachusetts, (1665) (website)
6. Six Principle Baptist Church, Rhode Island, (1665) (website)
7. First Baptist Church of Charleston, South Carolina, (1683) (website)
8. Pennepek Baptist Church, Pennsylvania, (1688)
9. Middletown Baptist Church, New Jersey, (1688)
10. Piscataway Baptist Church, New Jersey, (1689)
11. Cohansey Baptist Church, New Jersey, (1689) (website)
12. First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (1698) (website)
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