Second African Baptist Church

Historic church in Georgia, United States

Church in Georgia, United States

Second African Baptist Church

Second Colored Church (formerly)

The building in 2022

Location| 123 Houston Street
Greene Square
Savannah, Georgia
Country| United States
Denomination| Baptist
Website| www.secondafrican.org
History
Founded| 1802 (222 years ago) (1802)
Architecture
Years built| 1926 (98 years ago) (1926)
Administration
Division| National Baptist Convention, U. S. A. Inc.
Subdivision| General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, Inc.

Second African Baptist Church

U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

Part of| Savannah Historic District (ID66000277)
Added to NRHP| November 13, 1966[1]

Second African Baptist Church is a church in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located in the northwestern trust/civic block of Greene Square, at 123 Houston Street, the church was founded in 1802,[2] twenty-five years after the city's First African Baptist Church, as the First Colored Church.[3] Its first pastor was Rev. Henry Cunningham (1759–1842), who served from 1802 to 1833.[3] The church building was constructed in 1926.[4]

In 1823, the First Colored Church and Second Colored Church were renamed First African Baptist Church and Second African Baptist Church.[3]

In 1865, United States Army general William Tecumseh Sherman issued Special Field Orders No. 15 just outside Savannah. A short time later, general Rufus Saxton publicly spoke to members of this church on the provisions of Sherman's offer, which became known as "forty acres and a mule."[2]

Just under a century later, in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" sermon here, an address he repeated in Washington, D.C., later in the year.[2]

## Affiliations

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The church is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. (the second-largest Baptist organization in the world, after the Southern Baptist Convention), and the General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, Inc.

## See also

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* Buildings in Savannah Historic District

## References

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1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. ^ a b c "Second African Baptist Church | Visit Savannah". visitsavannah.com. September 19, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
3. ^ a b c "archives.nypl.org -- Second African Baptist Church (Savannah, Ga.) records". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
4. ^ "Historic Second African Baptist Church" – The Savannah Tribune

## External links

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* Media related to Second African Baptist Church (Savannah, Georgia) at Wikimedia Commons
* "Second African Baptist Church, official website

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