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In March 1817, eight men and two women meeting in an Augusta home formed "The Baptist Praying Society of Augusta," the forerunner of the First Baptist Church. Two months later, under the leadership of the first minister, Wm. T. Brantley, the society was constituted a church. A church on this site was dedicated May 26, 1821. In 1845, after serious friction arose in the national Triennial Convention, 327 delegates from eight southern states and the District of Columbia met here to form the Southern Baptist Convention. This property was purchased in 1870, and this building was erected in 1902.
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Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), Georgia · United States
