When and how did the First African Baptist Church come into being?

First African Baptist Church was organized in 1773 under the leadership of Reverend George Leile. The 1773 organization date for the church makes it clear that FABC is older than the United States (1776). In May of 1775 Rev. Leile was ordained as the pastor and December of 1777 the church was officially constituted as a body of organized believers.

Explanation:

On January 20, 1788, Rev. Abraham Marshall officially approved the First African Baptist Church in a nearby barn. Andrew Bryan has been called to preach, and the congregation has grown to 67 members. The congregation had raised enough money by 1794 to build their first building, which they named Brian Street African Baptist Church.

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