The First Baptist Church on St. Clair is a

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. The church was founded in 1816, and the current building dates to 1868. It has long been known as the First Baptist Church, also, but is not to be confused with the other First Baptist Church in Frankfort, on Clinton Street, which is a historically African-American congregation. The other church was founded in 1833 by black members from this church. With . The Church was affiliated with the

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until September 24, 2000, when it removed itself over issues surrounding the Southern Baptist Convention conservative resurgence and the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message.

List of pastors

# Henry Toler (1817–1818) # Jacob Creath (1818–1819) # Philip Slater Fall (1821–1822) # Silas Noel (1824–1835) # George Blackburn (1836) # James Webb (1836–1837) # George Sedwick (1837–1838) # William Hurley (1839) # James M. Frost Sr. (1940–1844) # Abner Goodell (1844–1847) # Cadwallader Lewis (1847) # John W. Goodman (1847–1849) # Alexander A. Macey (1852–1853) # Andrew Broaddus (1853–1856) # Y. R. Pitts (1856–1857) # J. B. Tharp (1857–1860) # Thomas C. McKee (1861–1862) # Doctor Newton Porter (1863) # W. S. Jermane (1864–1867) # Lyman W. Seely (1868–1872) # Green Clay Smith (1872–1878) # James M. Lewis (1878–1884) # George F. Bagby (1884–1890) # William Carson Taylor (1890–1897) # Waldon B. Adams (1898–1910) # Frederick W. Eberhardt (1910–1914) # Fred Brown (1915–1916) # James T. McGlothin (1916–1921) # Chesterfield Turner (1922–1932) # Ross E. Dillon (1933–1937) # Frederick T. Moffatt Sr. (1937–1961) # Herman M. Bowers (1961–1976) # Billy Grey Hurt (1977–1989) # Mark Hopper (1990–1998) # David K. Hinson (1998–2010) # Robert F. Browning (2011–2018) # Keith Felton (2019–2023)

References

External links

Official site
Buildings and structures in Frankfort, Kentucky Baptist churches in Kentucky 1816 establishments in Kentucky {{Kentucky-stub