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First German Baptist Church
September 7, 1849 -
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Mercer Street Edifice
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The Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views,
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The
History of the First German Baptist Church from "History of the Newark Baptist City Mission from its origin in 1851 to its seventeenth anniversary in 1868."
The First German Baptist Church
was organized on September 7, 1849. In 1861 the church purchased the former First
German Presbyterian Church building, holding the dedication on April 7, 1861. The
dedication ceremony featured a sermon by Rev. K. A. Fleischman of Philadelphia. He
is believed to be the first German Baptist preacher to come to America, arriving in New
York City in March, 1839. The church was rebuilt in 1875. Around
1915 the church became known as the Clinton Hill Baptist Church. It later
moved to Morris Avenue in Union.
| Reverend |
From |
To |
| S. Kupfer |
September 20, 1849 |
March 1, 1850 |
| A. Huni |
October, 1851 |
February 7, 1856 |
| Conrad Bordenbender |
August 26, 1856 |
October 31, 1861 |
| Julius C. Hasselhuhn |
January, 1862 |
1868 |
| Henry Trumpf |
1868 |
1875 |
| George Knoblock |
1876 |
1891 |
| Fred. Niebuhr |
1892 |
1902 |
| Louis C. Knuth |
1903 |
December, 1911 |
| R. J. Hack |
December 1912 |
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| Address |
From |
To |
| 23 New Street |
1851 |
1855 |
| 154 Market Street |
1856 |
1861 |
| 24, 28 Mercer Street |
April 7, 1861 |
aft 1910 |
| Clinton Ave. corner St. 14th St. |
1915 |
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