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Mariner's Temple is a
Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ...
church at 3 Henry Street, in the Two Bridges section of
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,
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. It is a brownstone building with Ionic columns. It is a church member of the
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(ABCUSA).


History

The church was established in 1795 as Oliver Street Baptist Church.Mariners’ Temple Baptist Church
OUR HISTORY
mtbc1795.org, USA, retrieved February 12, 2021 The building was inaugurated in 1845.Harris, Bill (2002) ''One Thousand New York Buildings'', 1st Edition; Black Dog and Leventhal. ; p.87. Early Swedish Baptist leaders Anders Wiberg and
John Alexis Edgren John Alexis Edgren (February 20, 1839 – January 26, 1908) was a Swedish-American Baptist minister. Edgren began what eventually evolved into Bethel University and the Bethel Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. Background Johan Alexis ...
were ordained in the church in 1852 and 1866, respectively. Reverend Dr. Henrietta Carter became pastor in 1998.


Beliefs

The church has a
Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ...
confession of faith A creed, also known as a confession of faith, a symbol, or a statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of a community (often a religious community) which summarizes its core tenets. Many Christian denominations use three creeds: ...
and is part of the
American Baptist Churches USA The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is a mainline Protestant and Baptist Christian denomination. It is a reorganization from 1907 of the Triennial Convention. The Triennial Convention was renamed as the Northern Baptist Convention in ...
.Mariners’ Temple Baptist Church
PARTNERS
mtbc1795.org, USA, retrieved February 12, 2021


See also

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Mariners' Temple Baptist ChurchAmerican Memory from the Smithsonian
Churches in Manhattan New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan Baptist churches in New York City Churches completed in 1845 19th-century Baptist churches in the United States Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Chinatown, Manhattan {{NewYork-Baptist-church-stub