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A somewhat different account of George during these years is presented by Mark A. Noll, American church historian: "The first continuing black church was the Silver Bluff Church in Aiken County, South Carolina, where an African-American preacher, David George (1742–1810), established a congregation around 1773 or 1774.
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The South Carolina Baptist Convention (SCBaptist) is a group of churches cooperating with the Southern Baptist Convention, located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina , the Convention is made up of 42 Baptist associations and around 2,000 churches as of 2023.
Hermon Presbyterian Church; High Hills of Santee Baptist Church; Church of the Holy Apostles (Barnwell, South Carolina) Church of the Holy Cross (Stateburg, South Carolina) Church of the Holy Trinity (Ridgeland, South Carolina) Hopewell Presbyterian Church and Hopewell Cemetery; Hopkins Presbyterian Church; Horn Creek Baptist Church; Huguenot ...
The Silver Bluff Baptist Church was founded between 1774-1775 [1] in Beech Island, South Carolina, by several enslaved African Americans who organized under elder David George. [ 2 ] The historian Albert Raboteau has identified it as the first separate black congregation in the nation, although others contend for that distinction, including the ...
"A pioneer Baptist Preacher of Sommerton, England, immigrated to Kittery, Maine, forced to leave that state for preaching the gospel, came south with a group of Baptists, organized the First Baptist Church in the South 1693, at Charleston, and served First Baptist there until 1706. Died in 1713 and buried in private yard at Georgetown, S.C.
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The South Carolina Baptist Historical Collection at Furman University is a comprehensive archives that documents individuals, churches, and associations in South Carolina Baptist history. Located in Greenville, South Carolina , it is housed in the Special Collections and Archives department of the James B. Duke Library.