FIRST : The First Baptist Church in America by J. Stanley Lemons (published in 2001) Available for sale $20.00...

Today the First Baptist Church continues its rich tradition of “soul liberty.” It holds firmly to Roger Williams’ founding...

By 1900 Providence was 25th in population in the United States and was an industrial powerhouse, boasting its “Five...

In the 19th century, First Baptist became one of the larger churches in the Baptist denomination and helped to...

The Meeting House, built in 1774 to 1775, was the largest building project in New England at that time....

Dr. Manning had been dispatched by the Philadelphia Baptist Association to Rhode Island to start a Baptist college and...

Williams soon gathered the faithful in regular worship in his home, holding services several times a week. After about...

By 1635, the magistrates had had enough of Williams’ radical ideas, and he was tried and convicted of sedition,...

The story of this church begins with Roger Williams, one of the thousands of Puritans who departed from England...