Park Street Congregational Church

Park Street Congregational Church was organized on February 27, 1809, and its edifice was dedicated on January 10, 1810. The Handel & Haydn Society of Boston was founded there in 1815, the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) church was founded there in 1819, and the American Missionary Society was founded there in 1826. William Lloyd Garrison gave his first anti-slavery speech there in 1829, and “America” (My Country, ’Tis of Thee) was first sung there on July 4, 1831. Dr. Arcturus Z. Conrad’s 31 year ministry began there in 1905, the first chartered branch of the NAACP was founded there in 1912, and America’s longest running religious radio broadcast began there in 1923. Dr. Harold J. Ockenga’s 33 year ministry began there in 1936, the First Annual Missionary Conference was held there in 1940, and the church was a founder of the National Association of Evangelicals in 1942. Billy Graham’s Mid-Century Campaign took place there in 1949-1950, FOCUS Ministry to Internationals was inaugurated there in 1972, Park Street Kids and Boston Trinity Academy were founded there in 1999, Park Street School was founded there in 2005, and the church marked its bicentennial anniversary in 2009.

Cambridge, Massachusetts · United States